From Sagebrush Rebellion to Tech Bro Megacities: Someone Always Wants the Public Lands

What a change a week makes. Last week my email blew up with responses to the possible sale of public lands in the West, thanks to language inserted in the "Big Beautiful Bill" by Senator Mike Lee (R- Deseret ). Now the bill has passed and been signed by the president but without that language, thanks to a huge outcry by organizations and ordinary Westerners (and others). (I don't like huge…