The Trump administration, aided by a willing but slim majority in Congress, began to comprehensively dismantle public lands protections in 2017. But the politics of this abrupt about-face should be debated now, as the Trump public lands revolution takes effect. The effect of the Trump revolution is to redefine the “public” in public lands, or at least the public that matters. The Trump rollbacks in public lands protections are highly unpopular among most Americans. No matter: The effect of the Trump revolution is to redefine the “public” in public lands, or at least the public that matters.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 12, 2018 12:00 UTC