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  PLEASE TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK OUT AND PROTECT PUBLIC LANDS  AS OUR SHARED INHERITANCE! America’s public lands belong to all of us -- and it’s time to take them back. They are not line items on a ledger. They are not commodities to be tallied and traded for short-term gain. When Interior Secretary Doug Burgum suggests treating public lands as part of the  nation’s financial “balance sheet, ”  he reduces living ecosystems -- wildlife habitat, clean water sources, and irreplaceable landscapes -- into assets, as if they exist to be monetized rather than protected. Public lands are held in trust for the American people , not managed as inventory to be liquidated. Their value cannot be captured in GDP or extracted through drilling and mining without consequence. Once degraded, these lands do not simply “recover” on a quarterly timeline, and the damage can last for generations. The nomination of Steve Pearce  to lead the Bureau of Land Management raises serio...