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Kate and Aaron are joined by Professor John Leshy, one of the nation’s top scholars of public lands law, to discuss a new essay of his that argues America’s public lands are entering a new Gilded Age, complete with robber barons, corruption, and deregulation.
We also talk about a new exposé revealing Doug Burgum to be a really bad boss who’s breaking the law, and about Border Patrol breaking ground inside Big Bend National Park.
News
- Inside Doug Burgum’s rocky tenure at Interior – POLITICO
- “Warfare on the People.” Big Bend Residents Fear the Border Wall Will Cut Off Public Lands. – Outside
- Mapping it out: onX tool connects Montanans to public land comment opportunities – Bozeman Daily Chronicle
Resources
- On Shaky Ground: America’s Public Lands Face an Uncertain Future
- Keep Parks Public Tour — RSVP to Tucson!
- On Common Ground: An American Inheritance
- Watch this episode on YouTube
Produced by Aaron Weiss, Lauren Bogard, Kate Groetzinger, and Lilly Bock-Brownstein
Feedback: podcast@westernpriorities.org
Music: Purple Planet
Featured image: Basin and Range National Monument; Source: BLM Photo Bob Wick
