New, bipartisan ‘Public Lands Caucus’ challenges GOP and Trump

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New, bipartisan ‘Public Lands Caucus’ challenges GOP and Trump

A new bipartisan caucus focused on preserving public lands was announced on Capitol Hill Wednesday with a goal of fencing off millions of acres from a GOP-backed sell-off or overdevelopment.The “Public Lands Caucus” was created with the worthy hope of letting the public continue to hunt, fish, and romp freely on government lands.But it also comes as the GOP looks to those same lands to sell to pay for its budget, and the Trump administration wants to mine for new energy sources.The new caucus was announced by co-chairs Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-MT), the Interior Department secretary in President Donald Trump’s ..