Wes Siler

BREAKING: The Trump administration is removing Toni Morrison's "A Bench by the Road" project from South Carolina. The installation is based on the novel "Beloved" and serves as "historical markers that help remember the lives of Africans who were enslaved." wessiler.substack.com/p/heres-ever...

Here's Every Instance Of Thoughtcrime Being Removed From National Parks Huge database of material covers everything from founding fathers to slavery to climate science

The administration is removing thousands of displays from national parks, covering everything from slavery to climate science. wessiler.substack.com/p/heres-ever...

Who Wins If Republicans Destroy The Boundary Waters? China Why destroy America’s most popular Wilderness? Foreign profits, obviously.

Why are Trump and congressional Republicans destroying Boundary Waters—America’s most popular Wilderness area—with a copper mine that will leach sulfuric acid into its pristine waters? @wessiler.bsky.social follows the money: wessiler.substack.com/p/who-wins-i.... 🌎

Wes Siler (@wessiler) Feeling depressed about the state of our country? It might come from an unexpected source, but here’s the pickmeup you need.

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a very interesting conversation about shared values and human rights

The Plan For Defeating ICE Understanding what Trump’s secret paramilitary force is and what it’s trying to achieve defines a clear path to victory for the American people

We can beat them. wessiler.substack.com/p/the-plan-f...

Look what just dropped in my inbox. More common sense from those of us who understand what's going on.

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The House just passed the bill.

Boundary Waters Mine Vote Highlights Ryan Zinke’s Hypocrisy On Public Lands Montana Congressperson whipping votes in support of toxic mine that threatens nation’s most popular Wilderness

We're about to lose the most popular Wilderness in the country to sulfuric acid pollution because two hunting bros won't hold their buddy accountable for his lies and corruption: wessiler.substack.com/p/boundary-w...

Where Public Lands Stand As We Enter 2026 A mass sell off? More lay offs? Privatized national parks? This isn’t about predicting the future, it’s the facts about where the war on America’s public lands stands right now.

2026 is going to be a hard year for public lands. The staff cuts from last year are starting to add up, even as Republican lawmakers prepare new threats. And the lawless administration looms over everything. open.substack.com/pub/wessiler...

Worth mentioning that this political moment already resulted in an unprecedented cancellation of a proposed Refuge expansion that had been developed over a few admins

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Public lands belong to the American people.

The Population Most Threatened By The Second Trump Administration? It Could Be Birds. A collection of policies that may be adopted by the White House next year will imperil bird populations across the continent

Don't forget that Trump has declared war on birds: open.substack.com/pub/wessiler...

Stop Freaking Out About The Forest Service Roadless Rule Destroying our nation's last wild places isn't just evil, it also requires competence

The Roadless Rule thing is not what most outlets have reported: open.substack.com/pub/wessiler...

They’re Coming For Your Wildlife Refuges The Fish and Wildlife Service’s over-holiday review, and what it means for 850 million acres of public land and water

Over the holidays, the administration quietly initiated a review of all Wildlife Refuges, something that could preface yet another attempt to steal your land: open.substack.com/pub/wessiler...

New Mike Lee Amendment Could ‘End The National Park Service’ Utah Senator at it again with new budget amendment

This is step 5 on the Republican's 7 step plan to destroy National Parks: wessiler.substack.com/p/new-mike-l...

Trump Administration’s Public Lands Leadership Begins To Crumble How an absent interior secretary, incompetence at the Forest Service, and proposed corruption for the BLM are colliding with low gas prices to throw public land management into chaos

Republicans in western states are pinning their hopes for reelection on worsened wildfires, ruined tourism, and defunded communities: wessiler.substack.com/p/trump-admi...

Fact Checking The 60 Minutes Public Lands Episode Can TV journalism survive a rightwing takeover?

Some random guy on Substack should never be in a position to challenge essentially every fact presented on a 60 Minutes segment, and yet here we are... wessiler.substack.com/p/fact-check...

Department of Everything is Related to Everything Else: @wessiler.bsky.social has some interesting thoughts about how some dumb Trump policies (like tariffs and cheap oil) may mitigate the damage from other dumb Trump policies (trying to gut the Clean Water & Endangered Species Acts).

What Mohammed Bin Salman’s White House Visit Means For The Endangered Species Act Unintended consequences of completely predictable outcomes created by gross incompetence

Or: How the invasion of Venezuela will save America's wetlands. wessiler.substack.com/p/what-moham...

Congress Broke Public Lands. It’s About To Create Legal Chaos Over 5,000 oil and gas leases across 4 million acres of BLM land are about to be challenged in court

Congress invoking CRA to declare public lands management plans "rules" it must approve happened due to Republican incompetence, and has far reaching implications that might render most current and future commercial operations on BLM and USFS land illegal. wessiler.substack.com/p/congress-b...

And candidate for Montana State Senate!

Citizens United Broke American Politics. This New Plan From Montana Aims To Fix That By removing dark money from politics, The Montana Plan could restore American democracy

In a rare instance of genuinely good news, there's a promising new plan to render Citizens United moot. Here's why you shouldn't be surprised it comes from Montana: open.substack.com/pub/wessiler...

The Shutdown May Be Over, But Its Damage To National Parks Is Just Beginning How much harm was caused by open, but understaffed parks?

Short term damage during the shutdown doesn't look that bad, but the result accelerates the timeline for Trump's plan to sell off national parks: open.substack.com/pub/wessiler...

Hi from western Montana. I think my point is that, like sea level rise, the crisis is largely a crisis because of its impact on infrastructure, homes, etc. The presence of that stuff is also one of the limitations to actual solutions, of which fofa is very much not one.

Why The Fix Our Forests Act Won’t Fix Our Forests A bipartisan group of lawmakers realize they need something to show voters in the mid-terms. The resulting bill achieves nothing beyond careless harm to our national forests.

The Fix Our Forests Act is being billed as a bipartisan solution to our wildfire crisis. I hate to rain on everyone's parade, but it'll only make fires worse. Here's why: wessiler.substack.com/p/why-the-fi...

Mike Lee Is Coming For Your Wilderness Following his failed attempt to sell off public land, Utah Senator turns to militarizing it instead

Lee claims Homeland Security would only takeover Wilderness Areas with 100 miles of a border, but Conservation orgs are sounding the alarm that this could open all 112 million acres protected by the Wilderness Act to logging, road building and militarization. wessiler.substack.com/p/mike-lee-i...

Tump’s Permitting For Alaska National Wildlife Refuge Drilling Is A Test If Americans can stop this administration’s pillage anywhere, it’s going to begin on the north slope

You've probably read a bunch of doom and gloom about the Trump admin re-re- opening ANWR to drilling. In reality, it's the best chance we have to start winning America's battle for its natural heritage. Here's why the rebellion will be led by polar bears: wessiler.substack.com/p/tumps-perm...

This Government Shutdown Is Going To Kill Bears National Parks are open, Rangers are furloughed, and the bears are hungry

The timing of this shutdown couldn't be worse for bears. Close the parks. wessiler.substack.com/p/this-gover...

Interior To RIF 2,050 Employees During Shutdown Furloughed employees suffer permanent termination as shutdown enters 20th day

Interior is eliminating thousands of furloughed employees, despite a court order intended to halt such. Includes National Park Service, BLM, USFWS and more: wessiler.substack.com/p/interior-t...

This one's not going to work like that.