URGENT: Congress (GOP) is quietly trying to sell off our public lands

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This is happening now as part of the Big Ugly Bill.

Outdoor Alliance website

Has a legislator contact form and other groups probably have contact forms as well.

https://www.outdooralliance.org/

Republicans in Congress are again pushing to sell off millions of acres of public land as part of the GOP’s tax cut and spending bill.

A draft budget from the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, led by Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), calls for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and U.S. Forest Service to sell between two and three million acres over the next five years. Land in every western state except Montana would be eligible for sale under the proposal.

“We’re opening underused federal land to expand housing, support local development and get Washington, D.C. out of the way of communities that are just trying to grow,” Lee said in a video announcement.




Congress is attempting to quietly pass a bill that would open up millions of acres of our public lands for sale to private interests — all under the misleading pretense of “increasing housing affordability.”

But here’s the truth:
There are zero affordability requirements in this bill. These lands won’t be used for affordable housing — they’ll be snapped up by the ultra-wealthy for gated communities, trophy homes, and exclusive development.

If you haven’t seen the interactive map showing which National Forest and BLM lands could be sold off, take a look:

https://www.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=821970f0212d46d7aa854718aac42310

This is not just a bad bill — it’s an ecological disaster, a devastating blow to outdoor recreation, and an irreversible handover of land that belongs to all of us.

Once they’re gone, they’re gone for good.
So is the wildlife.
So is the clean water.
So is the freedom to roam wild places with our children, to camp under stars, to find peace in forests and deserts and along untouched coastlines.