A few years ago, four men went on a hunting trip to Wyoming. That trip would end up changing their lives — and possibly, the future of the public’s access to millions of acres of land in America's western states. The FT’s Oliver Roeder expands on the saga that’s played out since 2021 inside courtrooms and within thousands of pages of legal documents.  

Clips from KGWN, Ludlow Music and The Richmond Organisation

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For further reading:

Battle for the American West

Seven states, 3,000 miles: a trip across the US energy divide

Wyoming’s Carbon Valley aims to turn ‘coal into gold’

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