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Yes, this is overlooked in the romanticized story of early American conservationism.
There was also a class-based dynamic at play in that you had to be of a certain privilege to "experience nature". To flee the city and enjoy the beautiful emptied lands.
I first read about the history of public lands, conservationism and conflicts surrounding dispossession by the Federal government in:
Understories: The Political Life of Forests in Northern New Mexico, By Jake Kosek