Public land: Without it, odds are good that a whole lot of people would be looking a little less forward to this coming weekend. Why? Because they’d have nowhere to hunt, fish, bike or ride. With fall upon us and hunting seasons building momentum across the nation, water cooler conversations across the country are gaining intensity as the weekend draws near. Chatter about the buck that was spotted. The bull that gave them the slip. The run full of spawning salmon.The hike in. The hike out. The anticipation, the excitement, the sense of purpose.

For hundreds of thousands of hunters and anglers, publicly-accessible …read more