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Jim Matheson: “The people on the ground understood that wilderness was the wrong way to protect the land”

On the recordSeptember 30, 2009
The people on the ground understood that wilderness was the wrong way to protect the land
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Jim Matheson
Utah

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Matheson argues against wilderness designation for land management.

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