Public Lands Issues Covered Thoughtfully

Public lands issues covered thoughtfully

Douglas MacLean — Thanks to Aspen Journalism, the Aspen Daily News and especially to Paul Andersen for the thoughtful series...

A crisis of the commons: The fraught legacy and magnetic promise underpinning public lands in the United States — Paul Anderson (AspenJournalism.org)

This 1774 map shows the North American continent when it was still an unknown and unexplored wilderness inhabited by Native Americans. The vast interior would be acquired by the United States through the 1803 Louisiana Purchase and numerous land grabs that pushed against what then seemed like a limitless cornucopia. CREDIT: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Click the link to read the article on the Aspen Journalism website (Paul Anderson): August 8, 2025 “Th…