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Aaron Weiss

Aaron Weiss is the Deputy Director of the Center for Western Priorities (CWP). Weiss joined CWP in 2015 after 14 years as a journalist and broadcast news producer, executive producer, and news director. He co-hosts CWP’s podcast, The Landscape, and works to expand the Center’s reach among reporters and the general public. A native of Tucson, Arizona, Aaron grew up exploring the Sonoran Desert and now enjoys hiking with his kids and impersonating a skier in the Rocky Mountains.

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This Trump nominee wants to liquidate public lands

By Aaron Weiss

Do Western senators really care about keeping public lands in public hands? Steve Pearce, President Donald Trump’s nominee to run…

Canyon of the Ancients, BLM land, near Cortez Colorado, Dave Marston photo

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Hey, Utah, Americans love our public lands

By Aaron Weiss

If the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over while hoping in vain for different results,…

Natural arch, the terminus of Grandstaff Canyon Trail, near Moab Utah, Dave Marston photo

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