Revised GOP plan would sell up to 1.2M acres of public lands

LETTER: How would selling public lands help with housing availability?

The “Big, Beautiful Bill” provision to sell off Federally-managed public lands to alleviate the affordable housing shortage should raise concerns from everyone. Is land availability in urban areas really the limiting factor in housing affordability, or are other, more important,…

Not For Sale: Hundreds gather in Cheyenne to protest sale of public lands

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Hundreds of protesters gathered en masse around the front steps of the Wyoming State Capitol Building to tell their elected officials one thing. “This land is not for sale.” “This land is not for sale.” “This land is not for sale.” Wyoming State Representative Karlee Provenza hung up the phone. Two times before she had called the offices of Wyoming’s two other elected officials, Harriet Hageman and Cynthia Lummis, turning the ph…

Bishop opposes proposed sale of public lands

The City of Bishop will be sending a letter to congressional representatives opposing the proposed public land sell-off that was recently included in a Senate budget reconciliation bill.

Controversial GOP plan to sell millions of federal acres hits major roadblock

Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee's plan to peddle millions of acres of federally held land was dealt an ignominious blow this week when the Senate parliamentarian ruled that his proposed measure violated legislative rules and could not be included in President Donald Trump's "One Big, Beautiful Bill." Lee has since revised his proposal, casting blame on a "massive misinformation campaign" by liberals. Claims of partisan trickery notwithstanding, hi…

Following Opposition, New Plan Proposed to Sell Public Lands

by Elyse Apel   Following pushback from a growing coalition of politicians and public interest groups, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), proposed an amended version of his plan to sell off public lands. While the previous proposal would have required the government to auction off between 2.2 million and 3.3 million acres of land owned by the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service, the new plan backtracks that to between 612,500 to 1.2 million…

Revised GOP plan would sell up to 1.2M acres of public lands

A revised plan from Senate Republicans would sell off as much as 1.2 million acres of publicly owned lands, according to legislative text obtained by The Hill. The updated text would require the sales of between 0.25 and 0.5 percent of the 245 million acres currently owned by the Bureau of Land Management, or between…