Business
How to run a meeting like the Secretary of Defense
Public Lands
LA Times: Op-Ed The Bundy family and followers are on trial again. Win or lose in court, theirs is a lost cause
LA Times: Here are the national monuments being reviewed under Trump’s order
Outdoor Life: An Open Letter to Secretary Zinke on National Monuments
Field and Stream: The Battle Over Public Lands and Public Lands Flow Chart
Water
Can States Protect our Waters?
New school would turn fishing guides into knowledge guides
WaPo: Nearly 200 million chickens, turkeys and cows are making a mess of the Shenandoah River
Oceans
Marine Debris Bill Introduced
Clothing
Want to get rid of or repair outdoor gear? Repair Lair may be your place
Media
VOX: Comedians have figured out the trick to covering Trump
LA Times Editorial series about President Trump
1) Our Dishonest President
“The United States is not a perfect country, and it has a great distance to go before it fully achieves its goals of liberty and equality. But preserving what works and defending the rules and values on which democracy depends are a shared responsibility. Everybody has a role to play in this drama.”
2) Why Trump lies
“Investigate. Read. Write. Listen. Speak. Think. Be wary of those who disparage the investigators, the readers, the writers, the listeners, the speakers and the thinkers. Be suspicious of those who confuse reality with reality TV, and those who repeat falsehoods while insisting, against all evidence, that they are true. To defend freedom, demand fact.”
3) Trump’s Authoritarian Vision
“Trump betrays no sense for the president’s place among the myriad of institutions in the continuum of governance. He seems willing to violate long-established political norms without a second thought, and he cavalierly rejects the civility and deference that allow the system to run smoothly. He sees himself as not merely a force for change, but as a wrecking ball.”
4) Trump’s War on Journalism
“Most presidents, irritated as they may have been, have continued to acknowledge — at least publicly — that an independent press plays an essential role in American democracy. They’ve recognized that while no news organization is perfect, honest reporting holds leaders and institutions accountable; that’s why a free press was singled out for protection in the 1st Amendment and why outspoken, unfettered journalism is considered a hallmark of a free country.”
5) Conspiracy Theorist in Chief
“Trump seems as willing to mouth off today as he was on the campaign — about wiretaps, inauguration crowds, fraudulent voters, you name it. And the problem with that is that he is no longer a blowhard TV personality or a raunchy guest on Howard Stern or a self-promoting real estate magnate or even a long-shot candidate for the Republican nomination. He’s now the president of the United States, and he is allowing the credibility of his unimaginably powerful office to be exploited and wasted on crackpot ideas that have been rightly discredited by politicians from both parties.”