In this episode of CWP’s Go West, Young Podcast, we uncover a trend flying below the radar across the Bureau of Land Management: the Trump administration is writing long-term management plans that leave out almost all conservation measures and ignore years of local input from community members and elected officials.

Guests

* Mike Penfold, former BLM state director in Montana and Alaska* Mark Pearson, executive director of the San Juan Citizens Alliance* Tristan Henry, member of the Oregon chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers

Learn more

* Penfold: BLM wants to develop public land Montanans cherish* Great Falls Tribune: Land protections stripped from BLM’s draft plan* ONDA: Disturbing trend hits Oregon’s desert public lands* BLMWild: Proposal threatens millions of acres in Alaska* Pew: Millions of public acres could lose protections

History

* Albuquerque’s Solar Building is completed in 1956

Host/producer: Aaron WeissFeedback: [email protected]Music: Purple PlanetPhoto: North Fork Owyhee Wild & Scenic River by Greg Shine, BLM

Special thanks to Emily Diamond-Falk and Jackie Feinberg of the Pew Charitable Trusts for suggesting and helping with this episode!