Losing *OUR* public lands?

[Flyjunky]

Laws change. They can be challenged in court. They can be done and undone. There is lobbyists infrastructure, highly organized and extremely influential gun rights organizations: systems, methods and influence that do much of the work. If you've been alive for any amount of time, you've seen policy come and go and shift dramatically. There's even an amendment in the constitution to address it. The alarm has been sounded numerous times and its almost always ongoing.

Doesn’t the amendment say “shall not be infringed”? Has it been infringed? Seems to me we have a lot of judges in certain states that don’t care what the constitution says.

The defense of public lands is, by comparison, basically grassroots. And, if the land is sold, there's no getting it back. It has come down to this one moment in time where it be sold or it can be stopped. Of course people are going to be passionate about it.

I’m in no way for selling of public lands, ever.

 

[packgoatguy]

It is a small win for our continued access to public lands... that Senator Lee withdrew his Federal Public Land Sale proposal from the "Big Beautiful Bill" Saturday night. But this will NOT be the last time Senator Lee or others will try and convince themselves (and the American public) that federal divestment of public lands to private or state holdings is in our best interest....

Please stay educated and vigilant on the subject.

Here are some informational commentaries:

The Best Reason to Oppose Transferring US Federal Lands to State Control: The States Can’t Afford the Upkeep The Best Reason to Oppose Transferring US Federal Lands to State Control: The States Can’t Afford the Upkeep

In multiple cases, state governments have proven themselves incompetent or incapable public lands managers.

publicparks.org

A Modest Proposal: The State of Utah Manages (Devours) Your Public Lands

The grievous consequences of the 2016 election have yet to unfold, but there’s one thing we can be sure of: Utah politicians will not give up their quest to seize […]

suwa.org

Utah is Not for Sale

www.utahisnotforsale.org

This land might be your land - High Country News

Note: This article is a sidebar to this issue’s feature story. State trust land may have a single purpose, but each state has a different way of doing business. Most Western states lease trust land for logging and grazing, and many states have huge subsurface holdings that earn millions from...

www.hcn.org

How Utah’s Latest Lawsuit Could Shape Public Lands

Experts are worried the lawsuit could “upset the apple cart” of the American West

www.sierraclub.org

Another Utah Public Land Sale of Sensitive Land

Utah is currently suing the Federal Government to take back 35% of Federal Public Land. One of the premises is that local control is better than...

www.advrider.com

Opinion: Applauding Idaho lawmakers' stance on public lands

There’s been one issue that’s gathered a fairly universal opinion lately in the western region when it comes to President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” — selling off public lands

www.postregister.com

https://www.americanprogress.org/article/state-efforts-to-reclaim-our-public-lands/#:~:text=Despite%20the%20many%20problems%20that,that%20Americans%20know%20and%20love.

Has Congress Put Public Land Sales Back on the Table? | Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership

House rules could make it easier to sell or transfer federal public lands to the states, an idea broadly opposed by hunters and anglers.

www.trcp.org

Why You Don't Want the States Managing Public Land

The GOP doesn't think the feds should oversee our national heritage. Here's why they're wrong.

www.outsideonline.com

https://environmentamerica.org/articles/why-we-shouldnt-sell-our-national-public-lands/

 

[JimB1776]

Good thing so many ppl made their opinion heard.

 

[HairyScandinavian]

It is a small win for our continued access to public lands... that Senator Lee withdrew his Federal Public Land Sale proposal from the "Big Beautiful Bill" Saturday night. But this will NOT be the last time Senator Lee or others will try and convince themselves (and the American public) that federal divestment of public lands to private or state holdings is in our best interest....

Please stay educated and vigilant on the subject.

Best way to handle this is to primary that foo. Needs to be a movement to raise some funds for his challengers next cycle.