Our lawmakers want to steal and sell off our most treasured public lands. STOP THEM!
This is a massive BETRAYAL of the public trust
(Polls consistently show that over 70% of Americans oppose selling or closing public lands.)
Most of the Wasatch front would be up for sale!
SALE of the land without protection or clawback option is MANDATED in the draft bill.
[The land sale is part of a despicable "budget bill" that is many bad things. One way to summarize it is described by Simon Hopium below:
PLEASE CALL the land grab
"THE GREAT LAND Heist"
by Senator Lee (R-UT)
Biggest Land Grab Ever
Logan Canyon would be sold! See the map below.
THERE IS NO WAY THAT affordable housing would be built in this magnificent canyon. Senator LEE LIED ABOUT THAT.
The treasures in the high Uinta's around Mirror Lake, where all the campground and camps occur would be sold!!!
THERE MAY BE TWO PARTS OF THE LAND HEIST:
1. Immediate sale is depicted above and in this post. Early maps showed this version of the land heist.
2. Eventual offering of 40% of public lands for sale, in a 5 year window? That map dominates the press coverage now.
Regardless, the amount of land mandated for sale of 4500 square miles.
How much land is that? A MASSIVE AREA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Many states are smaller than this amount of land.
Imagine selling half of New Hampshire, Massachussets!
Imagine all of Puerto Rico gone! Study the table. It is HORRIFYING.
There is a process for land sales and that process is forced aside so that Senator Lee's donors and buddies can buy prime land for their vacation home, and block your access to that favorite hunting ground or lake.
LIKELY RESPONSE: Senator Lee will say, you are using the wrong map and we want to help with housing crisis.
NOT TRUE. No affordable housing gets build on majestic cliffs like these.
EXISTING disingenuous RESPONSE: Senator Lee "pretends" that the only land worth saving is located in National Parks, wilderness and Monuments. As a Utah resident we know he is lying big time. He knows he is lying big time. Call him out of this hate more hate and lies.
Luckily the Senate parliamentarian hopefully killed the land heist for now. Don't be complacent, PLEASE, and keep sending your senator letters or calls about the budget bill being evil overall and the land heist in particular.
There is a script you can personalize about the land heist.
We added this to our version:
We fish, hunt, ski, hike, snowmobile, bird watch, swim, bike, and relax on "SO-CALLED ORDINARY FEDERAL LANDS" ALL THE TIMES. SENATOR LEE'S IS MISREPRESENTING HIS PLAN BY PRETENDING THAT SUCH LANDS ARE WORTHLESS. GORGEOUS and TREASURED LANDS IN OUR LOCAL BEAR RIVER RANGE, THE WASATCH MOUNTAINS and ALL OVER THE WEST ARE THREATENED BY HIS horrific and wildly unpopular LAND GRAB.
PLEASE LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE FOR ONCE!!!!!!!!!! NO ONE WANTS OUR public LANDS SOLD TO DEVELOPERS EXCEPT SENATOR LEE. 70% OF PUBLIC LOVES THE LANDS. THE OTHER 30% PROBABLY DON'T KNOW WHAT IS AT RISK.
PARK CITY, Utah — A budget amendment introduced by Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) and Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) could open the door to the largest sale of public lands in U.S. history, with major implications for Utah and locally, U.S. Forest Service land in Summit and Wasatch Counties. The measure, quietly inserted into a budget reconciliation package tied to Republican tax cuts, authorizes the sale of up to 258 million acres of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and U.S. Forest Service lands across 10 Western states and Alaska.
In Utah alone, more than 18.7 million acres — nearly a third of the state — would be available for sale if the legislation passes. That includes 12.6 million acres of BLM land and 6.1 million acres of Forest Service land. The proposal excludes national parks, national monuments, and designated wilderness areas, but does not identify which specific parcels would be on the table.
Study this map and find the public lands that are most dear to you. This map is the 40% map.
An even more SICK and nauseating version aspect of the bill is it future plans to sell off almost all the rest of our public lands.
Some maps show ALL THE LAND IMPACTED by this despicable plan in the future. It is almost ALL the public land except Wildernesses and National parks would become eligible for sale in the future if this abomination of a bill passes.
All of public lands around Logan, Utah would be for sale. Rest of country is the same-except in Montana where their lawmakers raised a fuss.
Summary: Two parts of the land-sale-rape draft bill:
1. Mandated immediate sale of treasured lands all over the west and Alaska. THIS IS SICKENING
2. Future opportunities to sell off up to 40% of federal lands.!!!!! THIS IS TOO HORRIBLE TO DESCRIBE IN WORDS. Below are maps showing eligible lands if the bill becomes law under part 2.
ACTION: call your lawmakers and rant. Rant some more.
Visit their offices in groups. Tell the governor, state reps and senator know.
Call everyone, even state officials in your western state.
NOTICE of astronomical hypocrisy.
Montana Senator Daines is co sponsor and his state of Montana has no land for sale.
MONTANAs, PLEASE CALL OUT HIS betrayal for all of us.
The atrocity is Senator Mike Lee's idea. He is a troubled person who cannot bring himself to condemn domestic terrorism-- when the target of an assassination is a wife, mom, and lawmaker who is also democrat. (His response to being asked about his disturbing tweets was to walk away and his aid tried to block the recording.)
It calls for the immediate "disposal" of enormous amounts of lands in the west. That means "stealing the public's land and allowing the rich to buy it for their personal use and possible destruction".
"The provision in question mandates the disposal of between 2 million and 3 million acres of lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service across 11 states: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. "
In ADDITION, it MAKES the SALE of up to 240 Million Acres of ADDITOONAL public land possible.
In case you wondered, does the public want this bill? NOOOOOOOOO!
AI says:
A vast majority of Americans support the protection of public lands. Polls consistently show that over 70% of Americans oppose selling or closing public lands. Specifically, a recent poll indicated that nearly three out of four Americans oppose the closure of national public lands, national parks, and monuments, according to Trust for Public Land.
Furthermore, the support for public lands extends across various demographics, with voters from different political ideologies in Western states expressing strong support for conservation efforts. For example, a poll from Colorado College showed that a majority of voters in eight Western states prefer prioritizing the protection of air, water, and wildlife habitat on public lands over increased energy development.
Here's a more detailed breakdown:
- A large majority of Americans oppose selling or closing public lands, with polls showing support for keeping these lands in public hands.
- Many Americans support policies to conserve public lands, including expanding national parks and monuments, creating wildlife crossings, and managing lands to minimize light pollution.
- A significant number of voters, including those who identify as "MAGA" voters in the West, support federal management of public lands rather than transferring control to states.
- Public lands contribute significantly to the economy through recreation and tourism.
- Westerners are particularly strong in their support for public lands, with many visiting these areas frequently and valuing their natural resources and recreational opportunities.
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