<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><div class="gmail_default" style="display: inline;">Adam Sowards discussed "<b>This Land is Our Land: How the Public Lands System Evolved</b>" at the League of Women Voters of Moscow forum this afternoon (Feb. 15) in the Fiske Room of the 1912 Center, Moscow.​</div><br></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The presentation covered the creation of the public domain and how policies evolved to sell it off and maintain some of it permanently. Adam Sowards touched on the historical reasons for different types of public lands (e.g., national parks, national forests, etc.) and how the agencies’ missions have changed over time. </span></p><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Videos and photos of this afternoon's forum are accessible at:</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><b style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"This Land is Our Land: How the Public Lands System Evolved"</b></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com/LWV/Public_Lands_021517">http://www.MoscowCares.com/LWV/Public_Lands_021517</a></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A collection of previous forums presented by Moscow's League of Women Voters is accessible at:</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><b style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">League of Women Voters of Moscow</b></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com/LWV">http://www.MoscowCares.com/LWV</a></span></div><br><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>