Public Lands Under Threat: The Hope and Challenge of Bipartisan Defense of America’s National Treasures
Our public lands are threatened by industrialization and privatization more than ever. The successful bipartisan pushback to remove a provision introduced by Utah Senator Mike Lee to sell off public lands in 11 Western states in the 2025 Big “Bad” Budget Bill gives hope that, once again, Americans can unite across party lines to protect their public lands. What were the factors behind this successful effort to stop the sell-off? As threats continue, what can we learn? With public lands enjoying broad public support, what other legislative tactics might Sen. Lee and allies use in the future to escape public scrutiny of their proposal?
Join with Oregonians for Wild Utah, Washington Friends of Wild Utah, and the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance to hear from a Portland-based expert, Jackie Feinberg of the Sierra Club, who has a broad national perspective on the successful opposition to this provision and how we can build on this accomplishment going forward. Also we’ll discuss some emerging threats and how the concurrent gutting of our public land agencies affects this fight.
This webinar will take place on Tuesday, September 9 at 7:00 p.m. PDT. Kelsey Kagan of OFWU will moderate. Advance Zoom registration is required.
Please join us then to learn what you can do to help protect our public lands.
Jackie Feinberg is the National Lands Conservation Campaign Manager for the Sierra Club, focusing on public land protections and defense, strengthening land management, and balancing renewable energy siting with conservation. Outside of work she can often be found hiking or bouldering. While based in the Pacific Northwest, her favorite monuments and public lands to visit are places like Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in the Utah desert.
This webinar is co-sponsored by Oregonians for Wild Utah (OFWU), Washington Friends of Wild Utah (WFWU), and Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA).