Writing in Defense of Our Public Lands in the Age of Trump—Again

In each new administration, I collect my op-eds and essays in defense of our public lands on these pages. I’ll keep updating as we progress (probably the wrong word choice!) through the cruelty and truth-trashing of the current administration.

First up, I couldn’t help but remember Bernard DeVoto’s classic essay, “The West Against Itself,” as I listened to Utah’s politicians rant about government overreach, praise Elon Musk’s sabotage of federal land management agencies, and refuse to acknowledge the importance of federal money and jobs in the rural West. I wrote about this for Writers on the Range.

Toquima Cave, in the middle of nowhere in Nevada—on federal lands, Indigenous land, public land, always-endangered land.