Floodlight News reporter Evan Simon joins Aaron and Kate to break down a controversial Forest Service land swap in Montana’s Crazy Mountains that quietly gave Yellowstone Club — a private club for billionaires — near-exclusive access to what should be public land, and how Interior Secretary Doug Burgum’s involvement in the club raises serious questions.

In the news this week: House Natural Resources Committee members put Doug Burgum through a brutal hearing, calling him out on everything from his anti-renewables talking points to Trump’s DC vanity projects and gutted public lands budget.

News

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum grilled over proposed $1 billion national park budget cut — SFGATE
Huffman: Burgum misled Congress on triumphal arch — E&E News
Interior Secretary Claims Ignorance of Trump’s July 4 “Vanity Projects” — Mother Jones

Resources

Trump officials, billionaires and the quiet reshaping of America’s public lands — Floodlight News
We Went in Search of a Hidden Billionaire’s Club Reshaping Public Lands — Floodlight News
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Produced by Aaron Weiss, Lauren Bogard, Kate Groetzinger, and Lilly Bock-Brownstein
Feedback: podcast@westernpriorities.org
Music: Purple Planet
Featured image: Loco Mountain in Crazy Mountains, Mike Cline

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