Kate and Aaron are joined by Center for Western Priorities Executive Director Jennifer Rokala for a year-end public lands news roundup and a look ahead at 2024. Overall, 2023 was a great year for public lands. The Biden administration took some really important and concrete steps toward protecting 30 percent of U.S. lands by 2030, as well as started some important rule-makings to update public lands management and end drilling in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. But the pressure is on as we head into 2024. We talk about what public lands lovers should be watching in the new year.

• Road to 30 Postcards – Center for Western Priorities (proposed monument blogs, videos, and more)
  
• Look West monthly newsletters – Westwise
  
• The Biden Administration Has Reached Conservation Records in 2023 – Center for American Progress
  

Hosts: Kate Groetzinger & Aaron Weiss 

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Music: Purple Planet

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