Dispatch #2 - Conglomerate Mesa, California

The Fight for Public Lands and Watching Storms Over a High Desert Mesa

Good morning. It’s 6:57 a.m. in Los Angeles, 54 degrees. The promise of rain lingers like the warm cup of coffee I’m sipping from now.

First, Some News -

It’s not great. Some of our most treasured BLM lands — and the civil servants who manage them — are back on the chopping block. And it’s not just the BLM — job cuts are hitting the Forest Service, Fis…