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Mitch Flanigan lives at Denali National Park and takes care of the sled dogs. He was fired last Friday and told to move out. We talk to him and the director of @peerorg.bsky.social about Secretary Burgum's Interior Dept firings on the latest epi of our podcast, The Landscape.

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"[DOGE] has nothing to do with efficiency. It has everything to do with just cost shifting. And if that's all they want to do, then it's not DOGE. It ought to be called dodge, a way to just push the costs on to [the states]." — CT Gov Ned Lamont

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How disappointing.... Sec Burgum enthusiastically supports firing thousands of Interior dept employees. www.foxnews.com/politics/bur...

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Look West: National park staffing chaos mailchi.mp/westernprior...

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The results are in!! Westerners love public lands AND the people who care for them. 🥰 According to new polling from @coloradocollege.bsky.social, Western voters trust land management agencies and want to see them funded, NOT dismantled. 😤 coloradocollege.edu/other/stateo...

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NEW POLLING data shows that regardless of political party, voters care more about conserving public lands than using them for oil and gas development. This margin is wider than it has ever been in the poll’s 15-year history. www.coloradocollege.edu/other/stateo...

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Look West: Western voters reject Trump public land policies mailchi.mp/westernprior...

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Look West: What the Burgum/Musk purge means for parks and forests mailchi.mp/westernprior...

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Tell your reps you support our national monuments and want to see them protected!!! Quick and easy letter at the link. Just fill in your info and it will send to your US reps and senators. secure.everyaction.com/YMd5DleLGUed...

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Look West: Burgum kneecaps Interior department mailchi.mp/westernprior...

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Rep Steve Daines of MT wants to open every single acre of #publicland that's not protected for drilling via his “Supporting Made in America Energy Act”. Here's why that's a bad idea.

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Want to know how oil and gas leasing will go under Kathleen Sgamma as the Bureau of Land Management director? Check out our latest report. We highlight examples of efforts to drill on our most precious #publiclands in CO, NV, NM, ND, MT, OK, UT, & WY.

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Handing the keys to our #publiclands over to oil and gas companies creates conflict with gateway communities and puts our most precious landscapes at risk. Our NEW REPORT includes examples of public backlash to irresponsible oil and gas leasing in CO, NV, NM, ND, MT, OK, UT, & WY.

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President Donald Trump has picked an oil and gas industry advocate to head the Bureau of Land Management. Kathleen Sgamma is the president of the Denver-based Western Energy Alliance, an oil and gas trade group. Here's our statement: westernpriorities.org/2025/02/stat...

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Promises to lower prices through mandating oil leasing are overblown and would actually line the pockets of Big Oil. via @americanprogress.bsky.social Learn more below: www.americanprogress.org/article/open...

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"People should know that the folks who ideologically oppose public land are exploiting the housing crisis to push their unpopular agenda." Great piece by @benlong1967.bsky.social for Writers on the Range writersontherange.org/beware-the-t...

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Here's Secretary Burgum's national monument review as a meme.

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“Everything's on the table till they take it off the table, and they didn't take anything off the table here,” -NPCA's Kristen Brengel on threats to national monuments under DOI Sec Burgum's order reviewing public lands for oil, gas and mining development. www.usatoday.com/story/travel...

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Promises to lower prices through mandating oil leasing are overblown and would actually line the pockets of Big Oil. Via @americanprogress.bsky.social www.americanprogress.org/article/open...

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Did you guys know we have a PODCAST? We talk about #publiclands every two weeks (sometimes more) with experts, including lawyers, aithors, and advocates. Listen to The Landscape now -- wherever you get your podcasts! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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Senators to Burgum: Hiring freeze will cause 'chaos' at national parks mailchi.mp/westernprior...

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The Fix our Forests Act is a wolf in sheep's clothing that will make Western wildfires WORSE not better. Learn more from Rob Lewis' The Climate According to Life newsletter.

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The "red tape" Sec. Burgum mentions in this video is what protects the forests, streams, rivers, lakes, and deserts on our #publiclands from pollution and destruction. "Red tape" may not be fun, but it's one of the most important functions of govt. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_58U...

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“Without seasonal staff... visitor centers may close, bathrooms will be filthy, campgrounds may close... emergency response times will drop, and visitor services... will be unavailable.” — @senjeffmerkley.bsky.social, @senatorheinrich.bsky.social, @pattymurray.bsky.social

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Look West: Trump chaos targets park service, environmental offices mailchi.mp/westernprior...

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"We’re dealing with a crisis of habitat destruction, for all of us: The same forces of luxury development and gentrification driving people out of their homes are also driving the homes of wild plants and animals out of existence." via @inthesetimesmag.bsky.social inthesetimes.com/article/amer...

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“First impressions don’t get much worse than this,” Hartinger said. “Hiding the ball on a review of national monuments shows the White House and Interior know full well how unpopular these actions are.” via @eenews.bsky.social www.eenews.net/articles/bur...

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Look West: Winning the West: Support for public lands gave candidates an edge in 2024 mailchi.mp/westernprior...

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“If they are going to say there’s some energy emergency that overrides the Antiquities Act, they are going to get laughed out of court,” said Aaron Weiss with the Center for Western Priorities. via @apnews.com apnews.com/article/trum...

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On Monday, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum issued a secretarial order calling for the review and possible revision of all national monuments and mineral withdrawals established by past U.S. presidents. The order has a 15 day deadline. Our statement: westernpriorities.org/2025/02/stat...

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Look West: Burgum signs first secretarial orders to implement 'energy dominance' agenda mailchi.mp/westernprior...

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The U.S. Department of the Interior manages and conserves 75% of federal lands in America. We swore an oath to the constitution to protect the Nation’s natural resources and cultural heritage. If this administration thinks they can undermine our mission in any way, they are sorely mistaken.

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Look West: Utah, Wyoming try other land grab strategies after lawsuit failure mailchi.mp/westernprior...

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Look West: Doug Burgum confirmed as Interior Secretary mailchi.mp/westernprior...

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New podcast episode up! We asked CU Boulder Prof. Mark Squillace: Can Trump even do that?!?! #publiclands westernpriorities.org/2025/01/can-...

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The U.S. Senate confirmed Doug Burgum as Secretary of the Interior today by a vote of 79 to 18. Here's our statement: westernpriorities.org/2025/01/stat...

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Doug Burgum CONFIRMED by Senate to serve as Interior Sec -- vote 79-18 #publiclands

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Look West: EPA cuts off IRA solar money already under contract mailchi.mp/westernprior...

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Look West: White House chaos threatens water, Tribal funds us6.campaign-archive.com?e=422389b24b...

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“It’s a no now. It will be a no later. It will be a no forever." — Rep. Ryan Zinke on #publiclands sell-off 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

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AI's computational efficiency is advancing faster than expected, proving yet again that the cheapest energy is the energy we don't use. These breakthroughs, along with leadership in clean energy and battery tech, are coming from China—not the US, where progress is being delayed. More below.

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“Industry has been talking about ‘clean coal’ for more than a quarter century with no action — because the technology is insanely expensive and it doesn’t work,” — Tyson Slocum, @publiccitizen.bsky.social via @desmog.bsky.social

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