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In this week\u2019s episode, host Margaret Walls talks with John D. Leshy, an emeritus professor at the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco, about the history of public lands in the United States. Leshy discusses the legislation that enabled the creation and conservation of public lands, common myths about public lands, and how the government may open up public lands for mining or clean energy projects in the future.\n\nReferences and recommendations:\n\n\u201cOur Common Ground: A History of America\u2019s Public Lands\u201d by John D. Leshy; https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300235784/our-common-ground/\n\n\u201cThe Mining Law: A Study in Perpetual Motion\u201d by John D. Leshy; https://www.routledge.com/The-Mining-Law-A-Study-in-Perpetual-Motion/Leshy/p/book/9781138951877\n\n\u201cEnd of the Megafauna: The Fate of the World\u2019s Hugest, Fiercest, and Strangest Animals\u201d by Ross D. E. MacPhee; https://wwnorton.com/books/End-of-the-Megafauna/