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# Sometimes, the West must be protected from itself
- URL: https://www.adamsowards.net/sometimes-the-west-must-be-protected-from-itself/
- Published: 2016-07-27T07:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-02-15T01:23:49.000Z
- Author: Adam M. Sowards
- Tags: opinions, op-ed, publication, high country news, 2016, bernard devoto, Public Lands, national monuments, politics, american west

"Sometimes, the West must be protected from itself," *High Country News*, Writers on the Range(July 27, 2016): 24-25.

[Sometimes, the West must be protected from itself - High Country NewsToday, we need to listen more carefully than ever to the ideas of Western historian, Bernard DeVoto.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fa/10/fa102a82-f50e-4e06-9a70-213785342d94/content/images/icon/cropped-HCN_Logo-Monogram_White_Sq-2.png)High Country NewsAdam M. Sowards![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fa/10/fa102a82-f50e-4e06-9a70-213785342d94/content/images/thumbnail/WOTR-publiclands.jpg)](https://www.hcn.org/issues/48-13/sometimes-the-west-must-be-protected-from-itself/?ref=adamsowards.net)