From: Pacific Standard
“Will Bernhardt continue these practices? Will he continue the Trump administration’s effort to bend public lands management to the will of the fossil fuel powers? Or will he commit to keeping public lands in public hands, and recognize the fact that the American public broadly supports protecting America’s lands, wildlife, air, and water? These are all questions that deserve a good answer from the man who would be our next secretary of the interior. Many mysteries surround David Bernhardt. Come his confirmation hearing, Congress has a crucial opportunity to put an end to them.”