The History of Public Lands with Walt Dabney
April 22, 2024 @ 6:00PM — 8:00PM Mountain Time (US & Canada)
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Celebrate Earth Day by learning about our Public Lands!
Join Walt Dabney, former National Park Service Superintendent and Texas State Park Director, to learn about:
- The origin story of public lands
- The US Constitution and public lands
- Statehood acts/state constitutions and public lands
- How public lands became privately owned
- Why most public lands are in the West
- The creation of the US Forest Service, National Park Service, and the Bureau of Land Management
- The economic value of public lands
- Efforts to transfer public lands from public ownership