Trump has waged a war on public lands, water, and wildlife—and it’s worse than anyone expected

Trump wants to sell off land that all Americans own. It should make you furious.

The Trump administration’s push to privatize US public lands

Trump has waged a war on public lands, water, and wildlife—and it’s worse than anyone expected

America’s federal public lands are unique, part of our birthright as citizens. No other country in the world has such a system.  More than 640 million acres, including national parks, forests, and wildlife refuges, as well as lands open to drilling, mining, logging, and a variety of other uses, are managed by the federal government but owned collectively by all American citizens. Together, these parcels make up more than a quarter of all land in…