Trump’s Pick To Lead BLM: ‘A First Real Test’ For New Senate Public Lands Caucus

Will lawmakers put a man who has argued that “we do not even need” the vast majority of federal lands in charge of 250 million acres of them?

Benji Backer, the CEO of Nature is Nonpartisan (center), speaks in front of members of the Senate Stewardship Caucus at a launch event in October. Photo credit: Senate Energy Dems, Youtube

The recently formed Senate public lands caucus is facing its first test of whether Republicans and Democrats can come together to defend America’s shared lands and wat…