Trib: Trump will protect public lands
In his morning editorial, Opinion Editor Marty Trillhaase/Lewiston Tribune comments:
The federal government is never going to hand over millions of acres of lands to the Western states.
If you had any doubts, consider how Montana Congressman Ryan Zinke - President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to head up the Department of Interior - spent his summer.
On June 15, the House Resources Committee was marking up Alaska Congressman Don Young's State National Forest Management Act. It sought to transfer as much as 2 million acres of U.S. Forest Service land to state ownership.
Idaho 1st District Congressman Raul Labrador voted for it. But Zinke not only opposed the measure; he took pains to make certain everyone at home knew it.
"I'm starting to wonder how many times I have to tell these guys in leadership I'm not going to allow Montana's public lands to be sold or given away," Zinke said. More here.
