This week on our public lands news round up for October 6 - 10, we cover:
- Government shutdown enters it's 10th day with no end in sight
- Mission Ridge ski expansion outside of Wenatchee, WA faces local oppostion ft. Steven Gnam from Friends of Mission Ridge (https://www.friendsofmissionridge.org/ )
- Land management plan repeals in Montana and North Dakota pass in the Senate using the Congressional Review Act ft. John Ruple, Law Professor at the University of Utah
- Trump approves 211-mile Ambler Mining Road in Alaska ft. Aaron Weiss from the Center of Western Priorities
- Good New: Kentucky wildlife management area expands to protect more habitat
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Sources
https://www.keepparkspublic.org/
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/10/unions-sue-block-threatened-shutdown-rifs/408578/
https://www.afge.org/globalassets/documents/generalreports/2025/shutdown-complaint-093025.pdf
https://www.friendsofmissionridge.org/
https://fw.ky.gov/News/Pages/Veterans-Memorial-Wildlife-Management-Area-expands-by-500-acres.aspx
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