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LIVE: Colorado’s public lands are under attack. Keep Parks Public tour highlights threats and ways to fight back

Aug 14, 2025

Issue: Conservation, Extremism, Outdoor Recreation, Outdoor Voters

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Aaron hosts a live episode in Denver, kicking off CWP’s Keep Parks Public tour. Scott Fitzwilliams, former supervisor of the White River National Forest in Colorado, Kelly Nordini, CEO of Conservation Colorado, and Kara Matsumoto, public lands director at the Conservation Lands Foundation, join us to discuss threats to Colorado’s public lands posed by the Trump administration and Congress—as well as what YOU can do to fight back.

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Hosts: Kate Groetzinger & Aaron Weiss 

Feedback: podcast@westernpriorities.org

Music: Purple Planet

Featured image: Keep Parks Public Denver event on 8/13/25; CWP photo

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