Poll: 65 Percent of Westerners Oppose Giving States Control of Federal Land

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Poll: 65 Percent of Westerners Oppose Giving States Control of Federal Land

The vast majority of Westerners support public-land access for hunting, fishing and other recreation, according to Colorado College’s newly released State of the Rockies poll. They also approve strongly of the federal agencies currently managing that access. The survey is the gold standard measurement of attitudes across eight Western states, and its inclusion of attitudes around federal vs state management of public land are particularly timely…