I’ve been sitting on this conversation with conservationist, hunter, and all-around public land warrior Randy Newberg for a hot minute. Not because it wasn’t applicable to today’s public lands fights, but because the stream of attacks on our public lands has been so great, I really didn’t have the time to get it up and do this conversation justice.
But we need to highlight voices like Newberg even more now, and join with him and other outdoor recreation advocates, because if we don’t, we’re liable to lose the public lands that we all love, cherish, and utilize to escape the modern hustle and bustle.
We’ve seen Congress attack our public lands in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. We’ve seen the Secretary of the Interior’s office send salvo after salvo aimed squarely at selling and leasing off our public lands, despite that office’s mandate to be good stewards of said parcels. And the White House has sent directive after directive of Executive Orders, circumventing the normal processes, to sell off, lease, and otherwise do away with the land it’s been entrusted to protect for all Americans, all in the name of a fake energy crisis, a fake housing crisis, and a fake public lands management crisis.
