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Trump Officials, Billionaires and the Quiet Reshaping of America’s Public Lands

A controversial land swap orchestrated by the megarich could be “a harbinger of what’s to come” for public lands under Trump.

By Evan Simon and Ames Alexander, Floodlight

Fifth-generation Montanan Brad Wilson stands beside a dirt road that leads to a century-old public trail that was abandoned by the U.S. Forest Service as part of a controversial land swap with the Yellowstone Club—an exclusive mountaintop retreat for the megarich. Credit: Evan Simon/Floodlight

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