Garret Edmonds on the Public Lands Council

Garret Edmonds lobbies for the Public Lands Council in Washington D.C. He discusses aspects of the public lands debate and agrees that the ensuing controversy is confusing to the general public. There are various categories of public lands. Discussing them as  one topic is disingenuous to the conversation. Edmonds represents 22,000 grazing allotment owners. This includes both cattle and sheep. He defines the difference between Preservation and Conservation and relates the need for those ideologies to collaborate. He also broaches the corner crossing issue whereas public land access may be cut off by private property, and also the legal interpretation that designated wildlife species (buffalo) are not qualified for grazing allotments. It's his stance that the original intent of multi-use public lands benefits those places.