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Interior Secretary Zinke invokes Teddy Roosevelt as model, but his public land policies don't

  • Written by John Freemuth, Professor of Public Policy and Executive Director, Andrus Center for Public Policy, Boise State University
imagePublic lands along the south fork of the Snake River in southeastern Idaho.BLM, CC BY

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s recommendations to shrink four national monuments and allow fossil fuel development activities on others is just the latest sign that this administration sees natural resource use and extraction as the highest priority for...

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