OUTSIDE • May 29, 2020
The total area of public lands that have already lost protections during Donald Trump’s presidency, or which his administration is working to reduce protections for, amounts to almost 35 million acres. That’s nearly the size of [two Maines]. “President Trump is the only president in U.S. history to have removed more public lands than he protected.” This scale of degradation to our nation’s natural heritage has taken place in less than a single presidential term.