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Wes Siler
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Wes Siler @wessiler.bsky.social · 5h
This one's not going to work like that.
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Wes Siler @wessiler.bsky.social · 11h
It's not clear. The immediate result will be chaos. How, when and who is able to resolve that chaos will determine the long-term solution.
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Wes Siler @wessiler.bsky.social · 13h
You're not wrong!
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Wes Siler @wessiler.bsky.social · 13h
The Senate just voted to invalidate every permit written on public land since 1996. wessiler.substack.com/p/the-senate...
The Senate Just Voted To Break Public Lands
Every permit written on public lands since 1996 may have be rendered invalid
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Wes Siler @wessiler.bsky.social · 7d
Here's everything you need to know about the impacts the government shutdown will have on National Parks: wessiler.substack.com/p/a-comprehe...
A Comprehensive Guide To National Parks During The Government Shutdown
Official insights from the updated NPS contingency plan, and the analysis you need to understand it
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Lindsey Botts @lkbotts.bsky.social · 8d
“This is very close to being a worst case scenario. Parks will remain open with only a skeleton crew of only “excepted” staff,” by @wessiler.bsky.social 🌎
National Parks Will Remain Open During Shutdown
Memo from acting NPS Director orders parks open
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Wes Siler @wessiler.bsky.social · 8d
Just scooped this news. Stay tuned for updates and analysis: wessiler.substack.com/p/national-p...
National Parks Will Remain Open During Shutdown
Memo from acting NPS Director orders parks open
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Wes Siler @wessiler.bsky.social · 8d
How bad the shutdown might be for national parks will depend on two factors: its duration, and whether or not the parks remain accessible to the public: wessiler.substack.com/p/if-the-gov...
If The Government Shuts Down, Will National Parks Close?
Two documents provide conflicting guidance, leaving NPS staff in limbo
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Wes Siler @wessiler.bsky.social · 9d
This is exactly why I decided to run for office.
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Wes Siler @wessiler.bsky.social · 9d
Past shutdowns have resulted in $36 million/day of damage to park infrastructure alone. This one could be worse: open.substack.com/pub/wessiler...
How Bad Will A Shutdown Be For National Parks?
Rural communities could lose hundreds of millions of dollars a day, and that’s before mass layoffs
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Wes Siler @wessiler.bsky.social · 12d
Welcome to the resistance, oil executives... open.substack.com/pub/wessiler...
Oil And Gas Begins To Push Back Against Trump Chaos
Incompetence is bad for everyone, especially businesses trying to make a buck on public lands and waters
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Wes Siler @wessiler.bsky.social · 13d
"Pretty much all" National Park employees could be RIF'd as part of Russell Vought's plan, should the government shutdown on Oct 1. open.substack.com/pub/wessiler...
Trump Administration Plans Mass Cuts To National Park Service, Public Land Agencies
“For the NPS, that means pretty much all employees,” explains former NPS Director
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Wes Siler @wessiler.bsky.social · 14d
I wrote a four part series explaining all the ways the pro public lands world fails at communicating policy. Here's the conclusion explaining what we can achieve if we learn to do better: wessiler.substack.com/p/we-need-to...
We Need To Talk About How We Can Effectively Advocate For Better Public Lands Policy
Why the pro-public lands world’s inability to communicate accurately is such a problem, and the steps we can all take to do it better
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Wes Siler @wessiler.bsky.social · 17d
In personal news, the right's persecution of free speech has come to outdoor media too: wessiler.substack.com/p/outside-ju...
Outside Just Fired Me Because Of My Politics
I'm hardly Jimmy Kimmel, but that's also a reason this should worry you
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John Voelcker @johnvoelcker.bsky.social · 18d
(2 of 2) @wessiler.bsky.social remains forever memorable 'cause I've pointed numerous friends (+ 1 relation) to his brutally honest article about the dangers of motorcycle riding w/out proper gear.

Incl. X-rays of multiply broken bones AND a pic of his very, very abraded ass. Did I mention honesty?
Why Wearing Jeans On A Motorcycle Is A Really Bad Idea
Wes Siler crash photos and story behind his RSV4 motorcycle crash while wearing jeans and the injuries that resulted.
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Wes Siler @wessiler.bsky.social · 20d
Everything you've ever read about the Public Lands Rule is wrong. And that's a great example of one of the problems that's created this current moment: wessiler.substack.com/p/we-need-to...
We Need To Talk About The Public Lands Rule
It’s being repealed, in large part, because no one understands it
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Bryan Wood @brwtwit.bsky.social · Sep 5
Weird Car Twitter #weirdcarBS one of us (though he doesn't know it) @wessiler.bsky.social is running for state senate in Montana.
Wes gave me my first byline back when he ran RideApart, which he started as Hell For Leather, which was the Jalop of motorcycles.
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Wes Siler @wessiler.bsky.social · Sep 4
Republicans may not have the support necessary to sell off publicl lands, so they're just going to break their operations and force privatization instead.
Congress Just Voted To Break Public Lands
Republicans flirt with chaos as they move forward with plan to destroy non-partisan, multi-decade plans for land management
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Wes Siler @wessiler.bsky.social · Aug 24
I needed to write a biography for an upcoming project I'll announce next month. Figured it'd be fun to share that: wessiler.substack.com/p/who-is-wes...
Who Is Wes Siler?
My biography
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Wes Siler @wessiler.bsky.social · Aug 18
Trump's NPS is now inventing justifications to fire trans rangers.
National Park Service Fires Ranger For Pride Celebration
Yosemite’s wildlife data scientist terminated after exercising right to free speech
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Wes Siler @wessiler.bsky.social · Aug 15
Public lands might be out of the mainstream headlines, but they're very much front and center in the Trump admins attempts to enrich themselves: wessiler.substack.com/p/where-nati...
Where National Parks And Public Lands Stand Now, As Trump Administration Prepares To Privatize
All signs point to a mass sell-off, as park service begins to fail and private equity circles
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Wes Siler @wessiler.bsky.social · Aug 8
A likely quixotic attempt to explain to a MAGA influencer why tariffs will cost him his knife company: wessiler.substack.com/p/an-open-le...
An Open Letter To Montana Knife Company About Tariffs
This may not be what you voted for, but it is an opportunity to fix it. Here’s how.
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Wes Siler @wessiler.bsky.social · Jul 22
Will park rangers be sent to Alligator Auschwitz for teaching history? wessiler.substack.com/p/how-far-ca...
How Far Can The National Parks Thoughtcrime Order Go?
Signage policing truth in national parks has started to score victims
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Wes Siler @wessiler.bsky.social · Jul 16
Among the provisions in the Big Beautiful Bill are giveaways for coal extraction on public lands, plus a re entrenchment of oil and gas at the expense of renewables across 200 million acres.
An Easy Guide To Why The GOP’s Public Land Policies Are Fucking Stupid
Prioritizing extraction over all else just breaks things, without actually creating more extraction
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Wes Siler @wessiler.bsky.social · Jul 2
Wondering why Lisa Murkowski voted yes on the awful budget reconciliation package? It's because the White House bought her off with a promise to let her destroy America's largest rainforest, and use taxpayer subsidies to sell its old growth timber to China on the cheap:
Roadless Rule Recision Buys Off Murkowski With Taxpayer-Funded Lumber Giveaway To China
But all it will achieve is to further break the forest service
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