Podcast: Talking with Public Lands County Leaders, Part I
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The inaugural episode of the National Center for Public Lands podcast features a conversation between NACo Executive Director Matt Chase and Lincoln County, Nev. Commissioner Varlin Higbee. In the latter half of the episode, Fremont County, Colo. Commissioner Dwayne McFall sits down for a conversation with County News' Charlie Ban.
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