U.S. public lands are a uniquely American experiment: public lands welcoming everyone; hikers, campers, hunters, sightseers, anglers, photographers and ranchers; 640 million acres. But these scenic treasures and traditional homes of native peoples are under threat from the Trump administration. Public Trust is an environmental film for this political moment. As you would expect, the photography is breathtaking, and the topic is urgent. By focusing on the eminent destruction of the Boundary Waters Wilderness in Minnesota, the downsizing of Bears Ears National Monument in Utah, and the wholesale appropriation of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, director David Garrett Byars enlists a slew of journalists, land historians, tribal leaders, and government whistleblowers to present an argument that is impossible to ignore and vital to hear.