Recreation is redefining the value of Western public lands

Recreation is redefining the value of Western public lands

Posted by on Jun 5, 2018 @ 7:54 am in Conservation | 0 comments | Last modified: May 16, 2018

Once, the West’s public lands were valued primarily for the timber, minerals and fossil fuels they held, which were extracted and then sold around the world. In the 1970s, more than two dozen Western counties relied on timber for at least a fifth of their revenue, while energy companies expanded onto public lands for coal and natural gas. Small communities swelled with...

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