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Cheryl Lahr's avatar

For decades, they want to privatize everything and definitely the public lands!

Oh, and then there’s also the deregulation of mining, etc. etc. I mean people don’t remember but remember super fund cleanup sites?

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Susan A's avatar

Thanks. I live adjacent to a national park, and am an active volunteer. We are extremely concerned and doing what we can to raise the alarm. I've shared this video with some friends.

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Rosie Riverter's avatar

Thank you for the discussion of updates and the near future projection of public lands. Sad situation on a subject so close to the hearts of many of us. Congratulations on running for Senate, Wes! Got my vote. Voted for Ryan for Governor!

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sharon McNeil's avatar

Council of environmental regulations posted public notice on March 14 for an interim rule to revise NEPA- it’s the circular argument- there are not enough people or the organization to administer NEPA, so therefore, NEPA should be eliminated.posted on the Federal register .so I am not certain that environmental laws will hold back the dam

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Cheryl Lahr's avatar

Thank you guys so much. I’m so grateful for you and my home state of Montana. I may not live there, but my horse does my family does and I grew up there and I just can’t stand. What’s going on with our public lands. My mom worked for BLM in Billings, Montana for many many years. My grandpa was a farmer and Ranch appraiser in the 70s 80s and 90s was a hunter Fisher golfer and my cousins are fly fishing folks and hunting in Colorado and Montana. Super super important for all of us for everybody in every state, but particularly in our great Rocky Mountains.

I now live in the Pacific Northwest on the Olympic Peninsula, right under the Olympic national Park and mountains and national Forest. I mean, affects everything not big advocate for the southern residents and all the inner workings of the snake River down my family in Wyoming grew up there, so I’m gonna western girls room through and know how all of these things affect All of us!

🙌🇺🇸🌅🌄

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Sherry M's avatar

We need a national Public Lands strategy to advocate for protection of all public lands. The American public will lose if it’s an agency by agency approach.

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Kim Penrod's avatar

Great information about our public lands and why we have to protect them 💪💪👏👏

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Jan Kuchel's avatar

yeah, I'd like to see the "savings" after you factor in all the costs of the screw up's of DOGE. I'm from Yellowstone area in Wyoming and now live about 7 miles from space X, Boring, Tesla and X and see what he's doing to the Colorado River Valley, which is my home here. Farmers, Ranchers and fishermen on the gulf are all suffering with his lack of keeping in environmental stead. We need to raise awareness. Unfortunately so many of the folks in Bastrop, TX are maga heavy, much like WY/MT. They don't get real stories, they get fox news.

Musk and Trump have cost us more than they've even pretended to save, when the real numbers are looked into.

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Wes Siler's avatar

Who else would you like to see me do a Substack Live with?

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Carson's avatar

Steve Casimiro from Adventure Journal

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sharon McNeil's avatar

Just a comment - please don’t use the term “ entitlements”

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Nonnie Thompson's avatar

Thanks for this significant convo. Glad to hear you’re running, Wes! We need cooler, braver, smarter heads speaking for Montana!! Good Mon morning inspiration. Thanks, Nonnie

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Jackie's avatar

Wish you would have won

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