There are 640 million acres of public land in the United States. But there are powerful forces, both in government and in corporate America, eager to plunder this bounty. David Garrett Byars’s eye-opening documentary travels to Alaska, into the red rock canyons of southern Utah, and to Minnesota’s Boundary Waters, and exposes a land war going on under our very noses.
Cinematography
Utah red rock drone shots that'll break your heart
Writing
Hal Herring's cowboy poet narration hits different
Production
Three-front war: Alaska, Utah, Minnesota — no easy answers
Director
David Byars
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Terry Tempest Williams famously bought a BLM oil lease at auction in 2016 — with the intent to never drill it. The government later invalidated her bid.
The film dropped during Trump's last year, but the '30 x 30' conservation goal Biden later adopted? Direct response to this exact public lands war.
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