In one of the strongest displays of solidarity in the outdoor industry, more than 350 American outdoor businesses large and small have sent a letter to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke urging him to keep the country’s national monuments unchanged and intact. The fight to protect public lands has galvanized the outdoor industry, which employs 7.6 million Americans and stirs $887 billion in annual spending, generating $125 billion in local, state and federal taxes. Bolstered by its economic strength, the industry has rallied around the push to keep public lands public. The fight has grown as the Trump Administration directs Zinke’s review of 27 national monuments. Zinke’s interim report issued in June supported the downsizing of Utah’s Bear Ears National Monument, riling outdoor entrepreneurs and innovators who count public lands as the fonts of inspiration and economic growth that fuel their swelling industry...
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This is a great example of the factional tyranny our country's founders were concerned about, and addressed in the Federalist Papers. A minority trying to look like a majority to pursue its own special interests while disregarding individuals whose unalienable rights are in the balance.
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