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Payette Land Trust, Wilderness Land Trust bought private property and transferred it to public lands days before the government shutdown.

The Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest said they would reconsider their decision to put a radio station in a wilderness study area, but a judge has said they can leave the equipment there in the meantime.

Suzanne Cable writes, "It’s shocking to see how much of America’s remaining wildlands on national forests would be threatened by industrial development if the Roadless Area Conservation Rule is repealed."

A 2015 law sponsored by Congressman Mike Simpson created 3 new wilderness areas and permanently protected more than 275,000 acres of public land.

Kevin Proescholdt and George Nickas writes, "When the dust settles, attempting to recreate the situation that existed prior to the Trump raids would be a fool’s errand, destined to condemn our precious National Wilderness Preservation System to the dustbin of history."

Utah Sen. Mike Lee said changes are coming to his proposed public land sale, which is currently facing a roadblock after the Senate Parliamentarian rejected it Monday evening.

Suzanne Cable writes, "The gutting of the Forest Service is just one example of a national crisis that will take years or decades to recover from once we, as a society, choose to stop the damage to our federal system of governance."

Corey Ellis writes, "Our delegation can claim they defended Montana public lands while selling millions of acres elsewhere."

Seven of the wilderness study areas on Forest Service land were created in 1977 by Congressional legislation and another 35 fall under the Bureau of Land Management as National Conservation Lands.

Hundreds of protesters are condemning some of Utah’s recent attempts to reverse national monument designations and transfer federal land to the state.