Native American backpackers in Northeast Oregon’s Joseph Canyon stop to savor their connection with the land during a backpacking trip in January 2018. The canyon was named after the legendary Chief Joseph, who was born there. This area is part of the Héte’wits Wétes (Precious Lands): 16,000 acres of wildland that the Nez Perce Tribe reacquired. They manage the land as a conservation area and allow the public to hike, hunt, camp, and fish there. —Joe Whittle Since the start of Trump’s second term, his administration has fired thousands of federal workers across multiple public lands agencies, including the National Park Service, the Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The effects of this are vast: It’s going to have a profoundly negative impact on the environment and the way millions of Americans enjoy public lands, cause immeasurable harm to America’s wildest places, and devastate the economies built around them.…