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Chris D’Angelo @chrisdangelo.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

PERC, the Montana-based property rights and "free market environmentalism" nonprofit w/ a history of advocating for privatizing America’s federal lands and rolling back environmental laws, will be the primary beneficiary of the 2026 "conservation-focused" Wildlands event

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Chris D’Angelo @chrisdangelo.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

one important point on the Karen Budd-Falen/Thacker Pass scandal... it's not just that her family struck a lucrative deal to sell water to the mine the relationship is ongoing...the mine is relying on the Budd-Falen ranch to monitor for drawdown impacts www.publicdomain.media/p/karen-budd...

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Chris D’Angelo @chrisdangelo.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

thank you @maddow.bsky.social for highlighting our reporting on this! readers: subscribe to Public Domain and support our work at publicdomain.media

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Chris D’Angelo @chrisdangelo.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

audio of Maddow’s show below…first segment highlights our “explosive reporting” (her words) on Trump Interior official's financial ties to massive lithium mine “If there’s a public corruption child’s picture book, this is the kind of story that would be pictured." www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgIW...

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Chris D’Angelo @chrisdangelo.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

hi Heather. The bill does not authorize the sale of 258M acres over 5 years….it mandates the sale of ~3M acres over 5 years…the 258M figure (which keeps changing) is lands that are eligible for potential inclusion yes, this sets a dangerous precedent…but right now, the cap is 3M acres

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Chris D’Angelo @chrisdangelo.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

tonight at 6 p.m. PT/9 ET Jimmy, Roque and I will be joining @oregonwild.bsky.social to talk about our work at Public Domain, where we think the public land fight is headed, and fielding questions tune in! link: oregonwild.org/event/the-jo...

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Chris D’Angelo @chrisdangelo.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

a HUGE THANK YOU to all our readers, especially our generous paid subscribers we’re climbing fast and your support means the world! 💙 publicdomain.media

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Chris D’Angelo @chrisdangelo.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

reminds me of his first Interior Secretary's parting list of conservation achievements... www.huffpost.com/entry/ryan-z...

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Chris D’Angelo @chrisdangelo.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Trump's "key actions on the environment" in here include... - "ending the forced use of paper straws" (what) - "protecting public lands" (by opening more to drilling/mining) - "protecting wildlife" (by pausing wind energy projects) incredible stuff

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Chris D’Angelo @chrisdangelo.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Public Domain is now on Instagram, where we'll be sharing our reporting, a bunch of off-hours fun and much more scan the code below or click the link www.instagram.com/publicdomain...

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Chris D’Angelo @chrisdangelo.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

the Trump WH just moved to rescind the Biden-era public lands rule which aimed to better balance conservation and extractive development across BLM-managed lands at an all-hands last week, Interior Sec Doug Burgum said management & protection "must be held in balance"... [shrug emoji]

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Chris D’Angelo @chrisdangelo.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

friends, Public Domain is currently #3 (!!) on Substack’s “rising" list in the climate/enviro space subscribe/share/support (if you're able) publicdomain.media

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Chris D’Angelo @chrisdangelo.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

hey North Dakota...where's the love? we at Public Domain will be aggressively covering your former governor Doug Burgum's actions at the helm of Trump's Interior Department you all should subscribe... publicdomain.media

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Chris D’Angelo @chrisdangelo.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

this might explain Doug Burgum's obsession w/ Colossal & its "de-extinct dire wolves" in 2023, the North Dakota Dept of Commerce awarded Colossal $3 million to "support their expansion in North Dakota" Burgum was ND governor at the time www.nd.gov/news/north-d...

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Chris D’Angelo @chrisdangelo.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

while hunting last fall, i kept crossing paths w/ this unicorn buck yesterday, while walking near my hunting spot, i found him a real bummer. would love to have seen what this dude looked like grown up

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Chris D’Angelo @chrisdangelo.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Public Domain is #14 on Substack's "rising" list in the climate/enviro space subscribe, share and, if you're able, consider a paid subscription so we can keep after it visit us at publicdomain.media

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Chris D’Angelo @chrisdangelo.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

checking out for a week or so to chase fish, birds and waterfalls — Belize

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Chris D’Angelo @chrisdangelo.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Trump and Burgum are coming for national monuments… www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...

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Chris D’Angelo @chrisdangelo.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

1 week in, our audience spans 39 states and 6 countries

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Chris D’Angelo @chrisdangelo.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

damn proud of the work we published during our first week if you haven't already, check out publicdomain.media, share with friends and, if you're able, consider a paid subscription so we can keep cranking 💙

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Chris D’Angelo @chrisdangelo.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

in 2023, Doug Burgum moderated a panel on carbon capture at Harold Hamm's energy summit in OK records show that prior to the event, Burgum's staff requested and received a detailed list of questions to ask the panelists from Hamm's team new from me www.publicdomain.media/p/records-tr...

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Chris D’Angelo @chrisdangelo.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Kathleen Sgamma, who thinks there is too much federal public land, is now President Trump’s choice to lead the federal government's largest land management agency. new w/ @jamesctobias.bsky.social www.publicdomain.media/p/trump-blm-...

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Chris D’Angelo @chrisdangelo.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

check out our about page, which has a a lot more on who we are, who we're for (everyone!) and what we'll be up to and please subscribe 💙 publicdomain.media/about

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Chris D’Angelo @chrisdangelo.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

update: Burgum's confirmation hearing is now Thursday (at the exact same time as Trump EPA pick Lee Zeldin)

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Chris D’Angelo @chrisdangelo.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

wild that Utah argues its effort to take control of federal lands is rooted in a desire to "keep public lands in public hands" like it or not, fed public lands are held in trust for ALL Americans when Utah says "public," it means only Utahns www.sltrib.com/news/environ...

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Chris D’Angelo @chrisdangelo.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

SCOTUS rejects Utah's land grab lawsuit, which sought to wrest control of more than 18 million acres of public land from the federal government.

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Chris D’Angelo @chrisdangelo.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

a big reason we have catastrophic fire is bc we spent decades racing to stamp out 🔥 as fast as possible—google the “10 a.m.” rule in a new op-ed, MT Sen-elect Tim Sheehy calls for even more aggressive suppression utilizing private companies—presumably, incl. his own www.foxnews.com/opinion/here...

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Chris D’Angelo @chrisdangelo.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

here’s whose money they are spending…

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