Public Lands News Round Up 5/14

This week in public lands: policy leaks, land grabs, fire sales, flickers of hope, and we floated a river.

Another week, another batch of headlines that reads like a slow-motion selloff of the American commons.

Trump’s Interior Department is pushing a full-court press for privatization. Congressional allies are gutting environmental review. Editorial boards continue pitching land grabs as sound housing policy. And somehow, Ryan Zinke is rebranding as the voice of reason.

Meanwhile, on the ground: fireflies are glowing, forests are burning, and the earth’s still moving under our feet – literally.

And we floated the south fork of the American River! More on that below.

Here’s what’s happening across public lands this week.