Oppose public land sell off

[PBcuiser]

The current “big beautiful bill” is proposing selling off 3 million acres of our public land. Once these lands are sold we, as recreational users will lose access forever. Public lands are one of the United States most valuable assets in my opinion and once they’re gone they’re gone.

You can use this site to contact your reps to voice your concerns that this proposed sell off is incredibly short sighted and plays right into the hands of special interest groups over the rights of everyday citizens.

Senate Spending Package Proposes Selling Off 3.3 Million Acres of Public Land — Outdoor Alliance - https://www.outdooralliance.org/blog/2025/6/12/senate-spending-package-proposes-selling-off-33-million-acres-of-public-land

 

[Oakleyguy]

This needs more attention.

 

[turbo8]

Yeah, more attention is needed!

 

[Nothinghead]

This is so massively bad. They obviously don't intend to sell off anything nearly as big as what is proposed but this is just to make what they really intend seem minor. It started with 11,000 acres in UT and NV proposed by one of my state legislators, Celeste Malloy (R). When it left her desk and went to Congress, that ballooned to 400,000 acres. Now that my senator Mike Lee (R) has it, it's near 4,000,000 acres. This insulting high ball/low ball negotiation tactic is bull**** that should not be used against us by the people we put in power.

So many forum members are in the US, could information on this be added to any of the tech forums as a banner or something? I know we try to keep politics out of tech but yikes, this affects so many of us.

 

[Oakleyguy]

@Romer @OGBeno

 

[OGBeno]

@Romer @OGBeno

This is an @woody inquiry; not specific section mods like Ken or myself.

And yes, personally, much attention has to be given to this.

 

[woody]

People either care about land use and are already involved, or they don't.

Personally, I donate thousands to BRC every year.

Read this for accurate info from UPLA:

Understanding the Lee Amendment-A Balanced Look at the Public Lands Sale

utahpla.com

"After review, I believe the Amendment is crafted well enough to provide safeguards for OHV recreation and should not have any serious impacts on OHV or other forms of recreation, but that is just my opinion, and it will largely depend on our efforts to stay on top of NEPA actions as lands are nominated." - per the UPLA president (who is my neighbor)

 

[Nothinghead]

People either care about land use and are already involved, or they don't.

Personally, I donate thousands to BRC every year.

Read this for accurate info from UPLA:

Understanding the Lee Amendment-A Balanced Look at the Public Lands Sale

utahpla.com

"After review, I believe the Amendment is crafted well enough to provide safeguards for OHV recreation and should not have any serious impacts on OHV or other forms of recreation, but that is just my opinion, and it will largely depend on our efforts to stay on top of NEPA actions as lands are nominated." - per the UPLA president (who is my neighbor)

Thanks for this, Woody

 

[Oakleyguy]

This is an @woody inquiry; not specific section mods like Ken or myself.

And yes, personally, much attention has to be given to this.

Thanks Beno, I was going to tag Woody, but then started second guessing if I had his handle correct!

Thanks for the information above @woody!

 

[yosshaa]

I recently used AI to streamline an outreach effort around something I care deeply about: protecting public lands in the Western U.S.
With help from ChatGPT, I pulled together:

Contact info for all U.S. Senators from the 12 Western states impacted by the proposed public land sell-off

A customizable letter template anyone can use to express their opposition to this provision
If you believe our public lands should remain public—not sold off for short-term gain—this takes just a few minutes:

Letter Template (copy & personalize):
https://docs.google.com/.../1TAl2ayiQPv2iWy1SOwKJ.../edit...

Senator Contact Info (choose who to message):
scroll down to find contact links for each Senator:
https://docs.google.com/.../1E1op6mR6zZbbYiLpjVb2.../edit...
Whether you're a hiker, hunter, small business owner, or just someone who values access to wild places—your voice matters.

 

[Devils Paw 80]

Update on this asinine proposal:

"Late last night, the Senate parliamentarian ruled out of order a proposal that would have required the sale of up to 3.3 million acres of public lands as part of the federal budget reconciliation bill. The provision was removed as part of the Byrd Bath process, a policy review used by Senate staff to determine whether each provision in a reconciliation bill complies with the Byrd Rule—a rule designed to keep non-budgetary items out of reconciliation bills..."

3.3 Million Acre Public Land Sell-Off Removed from Senate Bill—But the Fight Isn’t Over — Outdoor Alliance

A major land sell-off proposal will be pulled out of the Senate budget reconciliation bill, but Senator Mike Lee is already promising to introduce a revised sell-off bill before the vote.

www.outdooralliance.org

 

[woody]

Please read this.

Shannon Welch

This Land Sale Bill Isn’t Our Fight But the narrative being used to divide us is. I honestly almost wish I didn’t know better. It would be easier to repost a viral map, yell about selling public...

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