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On the recordOctober 18, 2021
If we are not defending the prescriptive easements that the public uses to access their public lands after a century in Montana, I worry about that spreading to New Mexico and other places as well.
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Martin Heinrich
Democratic · New Mexico

Editor's note · Context

Heinrich expresses concern over the lack of defense for public land access rights.

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