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Utah Republican Proposes Sale of More than 2 Million Acres of US Lands
- Senate Republicans reintroduced a provision on Wednesday night to mandate the sale of a portion of federal lands, totaling somewhere from just over two million to around three and a third million acres, across 11 Western states.
- This move follows a May House proposal targeting 500,000 acres in Nevada and Utah, but the Senate plan broadly escalates federal land sales primarily to support housing development.
- The Departments of Interior and Agriculture must sell or transfer 0.5% to 0.75% of Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service lands, excluding national parks, wilderness, and lands with mining or grazing rights.
- Environmental groups strongly criticized the bill; Patrick Donnelly called it "open season on public lands" sold at fire-sale prices for "mega mansions for the ultrarich."
- The legislation triggers sharp Republican splits, with former Interior Secretary Zinke opposing large-scale sales, while its sponsors argue it will increase housing supply and generate federal revenue.
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Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee, right, participates in a forum hosted by the Sutherland Institute at the University of Utah’s Hinckley Institute of Politics in 2024. (Photo: Katie McKellar, Utah News Dispatch)Utah Sen. Mike Lee is bringing back a proposal that would allow the federal government to sell off several million acres of public land in Nevada, Utah and other Western states. Lee says it will open up “underused” federal land for housing a…
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