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How to Steal a Mountain of Public Land
This week, Floodlight published one of the best pieces of public lands journalism this year. Reporters Evan Simon and Ames Alexander spent months investigating how the Yellowstone Club, a private mountaintop resort for the megarich, orchest...
The Wilderness Act Explained: The Most Ambitious Land Protection Law in American History
The Wilderness Act is the most ambitious land protection law in American history. It built a system that now covers 803 places and roughly 111.7 million acres, an area larger than California. It says, in writing, that some places are not fo...
The Great Data Center Swindle
On July 23, 2025, President Trump signed Executive Order 14318. It directs the Department of the Interior, the Department of Energy, and the Department of Defense to authorize the construction of data centers on federal lands. It instructs...
Trump Hires His Pool Guy to Paint the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool
The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is one of the most consequential pieces of ground in American history. Henry Bacon designed it in the early 1920s as a mirror — 2,030 feet of shallow, still water over a dark basin, meant to capture the...
The Power Was Ours
Ted Turner died last week. He was 87.
The obituaries you’ll find will often lead with CNN. They’ll talk about the billions, the America’s Cup, the Braves, Jane Fonda, and so on. They’ll mention, somewhere toward the bottom, that he owned a...
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Our goal here is simple – to share the beauty of our national parks & public lands to encourage greater protection. We're two brothers trying to make a difference by creating helpful national park guides, award-winning films, & breathtaking photos.
Jim Pattiz is an award-winning filmmaker and conservationist who serves as the co-founder of More Than Just Parks. Jim has spent his career traveling to America’s most wild & precious spaces telling the stories of public lands.
Will Pattiz is an award-winning filmmaker & conservationist who serves as the co-founder of More Than Just Parks. Will has spent his entire adult life capturing the beauty of our public lands in an effort to protect them for future generations.
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