Derek Dowsett is the Producer of the County Seat. Now entering his 11th season of the program, he has received what he considers a "Crash Course" in County Government.

Pat Shea, who is a former director of the Bureau of Land Management during the Clinton Administration, Randy Parker, who is the CEO of the Utah Farm Bureau, and John Harja the director of public lands under the governor’s office. Who should manage the access to public lands in Utah, should it be managed more at the local level, or is it better that it the federal government makes those decisions.