Analysis: Trump's public lands policy goes into stealth mode

n 2017, Congressman Jason Chaffetz of Utah lit the fuse of what many Republicans in Western states hoped would be a new effort to take over control of federal lands, and introduced a bill to sell some 3.3 million public land acres out of federal hands.

The backlash – this time from sportsmen and the outdoor recreation community, as well as environmentalists – was immediate and intense. Chaffetz soon withdrew the legislation.

https://e360.yale.edu/features/open-for-business-the-trump-revolution-on-public-lands

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