Land trades are supposed to serve a public purpose
In late August, national headlines exposed the National Park Service’s efforts to swap land from one of America’s natural crown…
One access to the Blue River that was privatized by last year’s federal land swap. Photo by A. Ezman
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In 2017, the public lost 1,470 acres of wilderness-quality land at the base of Mount Sopris near Aspen, Colorado. For…
Old growth Ponderosa pine on public land that would be transferred to private ownership in proposed Valle Seco land trade, photo courtesy of Colorado Wild Public Lands
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