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Trump called for a 'truly representative process' for managing public land. One already exists in Idaho

LEWISTON, Idaho - President Donald Trump flew to Salt Lake City this month to remove 2 million acres from two national monuments in Utah, and to rebuke "distant bureaucrats" for acting to safeguard the West's public domain without adequately consulting neighboring communities.

"Under my administration, we will advance that protection through a truly representative process," said Trump, "one that listens to the local communities that know the land the best and that cherishes the land the most."

Though the president's critics questioned the administration's fealty to more inclusion in managing the West's natural bounty, one place that the president and his aides could look for a model of a "truly representative process" is how former foes have cooperated to

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