Most of us are familiar with the centuries-old fable of the “fox guarding the hen house,” which describes a circumstance where someone who should not be trusted has been chosen to protect or oversee a situation. It’s kind of like choosing a bank robber to guard a bank. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what we are facing now with President Donald Trump’s nomination of David Bernhardt to be the next guardian of our nation’s public lands as secretary of the Department of Interior.
