The crowd’s roar
FOR a quarter of a century, two large and diverse interests have been quarrelling over the management of America's federal lands. Miners, ranchers and loggers want the 650m acres (260m hectares) of land owned by the Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior to supply them with raw materials. Tourists and sportsmen want to keep the land to have fun in.
This article appeared in the New Articles section of the print edition under the headline “The crowd’s roar”
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