JACKSON — Conservation advocates gathered Thursday afternoon to discuss Friday’s congressional hearing in Grand Teton National Park on the reauthorization of funding for deferred maintenance on public lands in the context of recent federal land management decisions.

Though the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources’ Republican leadership appears poised to renew the funding – with reforms — speakers and attendees expressed concerns about the outcome, citing the mass layoffs of federal workers during the winter, proposed public lands sale during the congressional budget reconciliation process and the rollback of the Roadless Rule currently underway.

“We need to continue to emphatically advocate for our shared public lands and the dedicated public servants who care for them,” said Lauren

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