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This Land Is Whose Land?

A canyon in Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument, Utah.
Courtesy of Bob Wick, Bureau of Land Management / Public domain
A canyon in Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument, Utah.

Airs Wednesday, April 29, 2020 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

"This Land Is Whose Land?" examines the current land use controversy gripping the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument since the Trump Administration reduced its boundaries by nearly half.

Told through the local lens of the people who live, work and play in the GSENM region, the film reveals the larger truths of the assault on public lands.

Do these lands exist for future generations, or their mineral resources?

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Should the Federal government even own these lands?

Out of view of most Americans, these decisions are being made by interests that don't necessarily represent the public good.

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Produced by Gary Wortman.