Bipartisan majorities in Western states oppose Trump’s rollback of public lands protections

By: Chase Woodruff

Outlets: Colorado Newsline

Published: February 19, 2026

Words: 740

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago

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Large, bipartisan majorities of voters across eight Western states remain concerned about the impacts of climate change and opposed to efforts by the Trump administration to weaken environmental rules and public lands protections.

Eighty-four percent of Western voters say that “rollbacks of laws that protect our land, water and wildlife” are a serious problem, up from 68% eight years ago, according to a poll released Wednesday by Colorado College’s State of the Rockies project.

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