The Land Desk

The Land Desk

The lie of the "salt-of-the-earth" Sagebrush Rebel

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Jonathan P. Thompson
Dec 09, 2025
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People protesting “federal overreach” by wrecking federal land with $20,000 machines. Jonathan P. Thompson photo.

The rhetoric of the so-called sagebrush rebels, members of the Wise-Use movement, the anti-federal land management crowd, public lands ranchers, and the like gives a certain impression: They are salt-of-the…

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