Back to the Real Salt Lake Newsfeed

Letter: Utah public lands are a great risk

I’m a Utah public lands enthusiast. I’ve enjoyed many adventures on Utah’s spectacular landscapes.

Whatever your political leanings we all love our public lands—including hunters, hikers, rafters, four wheelers, ranchers, wilderness and wildlife advocates, etc. It’s the ultimate nonpartisan issue. Or should be. I’ve never heard anyone say, “I don’t like public lands.”

But be sure of one thing, our public lands remain at great risk. The Trump administration and the top brass at the Department of the Interior are chipping away at our public land’s protections.

The DOI is dispersing the Bureau of Land Management’s top management from Washington, D.