Bears Ears is Early Test of Trump's Approach to Public Lands

Bears Ears is Early Test of Trump's Approach to Public Lands

Top of Mind with Julie Rose

Trump's Land Policy, Human Trafficking, Man Therapy

Episode: Trump's Land Policy, Human Trafficking, Man Therapy

  • Jun 13, 2017 11:00 pm
  • 19:53 mins

Guest: John Freemuth, PhD, Executive Director, Cecil D. Andrus Center for Public Policy, Professor of Environmental Policy, Boise State University Which of the many competing interests will get priority from the President when it comes to how millions of acres of publicly owned land in the West is managed? We have some indication now in a preliminary recommendation from Trump’s Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to shrink, but not eliminate, the Bears Ears National Monument in Southeastern Utah.  Bears Ears is one of 27 national monuments designated by previous presidents and currently under review by the Trump administration.