The Public's Land

This is my seventh The Public's Land calendar. I started in 2018, a time when lands held in the public trust (e.g., Bears Ears National Monument) were under threat of being sold off, leased to foreign mining companies, and otherwise mismanaged. I continued the series after 2020 to celebrate our national heritage, but now they are under threat again. These lands belong to all of us. -- November 14, 2024

The Public's Land  celebrates places that are owned by the public and administered by federal, state, and local government agencies. Some are managed to maintain their inherent beauty, while others are managed for grazing, mining, or other ends. Few if any of the places captured here would exist without a legal or political fight to preserve them for the future.