Looking ahead to protect our public lands

Reflections on Malheur, America’s natural heritage, and those who would take it from us By Chase Gunnell, Communications Director The seizure of Malheur National Wildlife Refuge by armed extremists demanding that the government hand over America’s public lands to local or private control has ended. But the struggle to keep our public lands in public hands … Continued

By Chase Gunnell, Deputy Communications Director Armed extremists seizing Malheur National Wildlife Refuge is bad enough, but worse are politicians, from state legislators to Republican presidential candidates, echoing an extreme minority’s call to sell off or seize America’s public lands for the benefit of energy and natural resource companies and the very wealthy. Protected and … Continued