Public Lands

Josh Mills talks about the importance of public lands. "I'm a big public lands advocate. They are the base element of a person who spends a great deal of time in the outdoors whether that is River corridors or national forests or BLM tracks. Public lands total over 640 million acres that you as a public landowner can go out and recreate at your will. There is no other place in this world like that. Right now public lands are under an express threat from Sen. Mike Lee of Utah. He stated recently that he has a long-term goal of ridding the federal government of its landholdings. At last check, public lands created an estimated $640 billion in economic impact. If you are a public lands advocate, start looking into organizations like Back Country Hunters and Anglers who are leading the charge in defending your public lands. Also engage your politicians.