The Alaska Native Veterans Association did not return my calls and messages. When public land becomes private land, we are less for it. In the hills outside Boise, Idaho, for instance, a chunk of public land was sold to a timber company decades ago. When public land becomes private land, it means more development, and the roads and infrastructure that accompany it. “If this were public lands anywhere else in the Lower 48, there would be an absolute uproar.

Source: Washington Post February 13, 2019 16:50 UTC