The threat to America's public lands is increasing – and so is our coverage

This Land Is Your Land is our series on an American birthright at risk amid privatization, energy extraction and climate changeRotting cabins, closed trails: shining a light on national parksPublic lands are an American birthright like no other. Managed by the government and held in trust for the people, they range from celebrated national parks such as Yosemite, Yellowstone and the Everglades to vast western forests and deserts, Pacific coral reefs and Atlantic seamounts. Yet now their future h