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2025’s Most Dangerous Lawmaker for Public Lands

The paper trail behind a yearlong effort to force public land sales

Jan 8 • Will Pattiz and More Than Just Parks

A New Year for America’s Public Lands

Why This Work Exists, What We’ve Learned, and What Comes Next

Jan 5 • More Than Just Parks, Will Pattiz, and Jim Pattiz

Everything the Trump Administration Did to America’s Public Lands in 2025

An accounting of the Trump administration’s actions against public lands, conservation laws, and the people who protect them.

Jan 1 • Jim Pattiz and More Than Just Parks

2025: The Sacking of America The Beautiful

How the United States began stripping itself for parts and why it marks a rupture in our history.

Dec 31, 2025 • Jim Pattiz and More Than Just Parks

This Win Was Not an Accident

What this win shows, and what comes next

Dec 23, 2025 • Will Pattiz and More Than Just Parks

Public Pressure Forces Lawmaker to Withdraw Another National Park Selloff

Grassroots pressure forced another retreat from Mike Lee's latest attempt to weaken protections for America’s parks and public lands.

Dec 20, 2025 • Will Pattiz and More Than Just Parks

Mike Lee is Very Close To Selling Your National Parks

The coward of the Senate is back again trying to allow the sale of your parks in a must-pass bill. Act now to stop him.

Dec 18, 2025 • Jim Pattiz and More Than Just Parks

The Law That Lets the President Sell Your Land

How an obscure statute governing the BLM gives the executive branch terrifying power, and why Congress desperately needs to fix it now.

Dec 17, 2025 • Jim Pattiz and More Than Just Parks

The Public Lands Transfer Could Be "Imminent"

Idaho, Utah, and the First Tremors of a Coordinated Attempt to Steal Your Public Lands

Dec 15, 2025 • Jim Pattiz and More Than Just Parks

A Secret Meeting in Utah Tried to Rewrite Who Controls Your National Parks

Utah officials met in secret with leadership from the National Park Service and Department of Interior last week.

Dec 10, 2025 • Jim Pattiz and More Than Just Parks

The Emperor’s New Park Pass

Interior unveils commemorative park passes that place the president beside Washington and ties free entry to his birthday.

Dec 8, 2025 • Will Pattiz and More Than Just Parks

Comment Now on the Dismantling of the Endangered Species Act

The Trump administration is illegally rewriting the Endangered Species Act – this is your chance to go on the record opposing it.

Dec 4, 2025 • Jim Pattiz and More Than Just Parks

More Than Just Parks

More Than Just Parks

Public lands face mounting threats: exploitation, overcrowding, underfunding, privatization, climate, & policies that prioritize profit over preservation. Written by award-winning filmmakers & conservationists, the Pattiz Brothers.

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