Vigilance and Vocal Opposition
We're less than a week in to 2017 and Congress is already positioning itself to strip America of its public lands. I'm no political whiz, so I'll let Field and Stream's Bob Marshall explain it more clearly: "Yesterday, on its first day in session, the House amended a rule to make it easier to justify transfer of [public lands] ownership to states, by changing the way it calculates the financial cost of the move to the nation. The change passed 233–190, largely on party lines, with the GOP overwhelmingly in favor." 1 If this does not raise red flags and set off alarm bells for hunters, anglers, campers and hikers across our great nation, it should. We are moving ever closer to a reality where our public lands become privatized, monetized and inaccessible to you and me. We should be outraged that this is happening, and we should let Congress know that they are not acting in the best interest of the public. Remember, public lands are OUR lands. YOU o