Senate vote public lands sale

[RockAndSage]

You are correct. It’s also important to note there is already a mechanism for disposing of federal lands. This amendment would mandate it.

Got a chance to read that article you originally posted - that's some pretty appalling legislation and proposals.

 

[LostArra]

Contacted my Texas senators. Seems futile, but its worth a shot and costs nothing.

Same for Oklahoma

 

[brca005]

Contacted my Texas senators. Seems futile, but its worth a shot and costs nothing.

Same here, took a few minutes of my time, which is a small price to voice my concern over this issue and potentially save public lands from being sold so we can all enjoy it for generations to come.

 

[mike.adams.467]

I contacted the Idaho Senators.

 

[Jason Snyder]

Really wish this same energy would be applied by sportsmen and groups when public land is being destroyed by solar and wind.

Speaking for myself only, I have always voiced opposition to wind and solar projects. Selling land is more permanent than solar panels.

Thank you for contacting your legislators.

 

[CorbLand]

Correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t think this one is being done in the name of affordable housing. Auctioned off to the highest bidder usually doesn’t equate to affordable housing.


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That was in response to a couple comments earlier in the thread about selling land for affordable housing.

I am pretty sure Mike Lee said something about affordable housing in a video he put out. I will try and find it.

 

[go_deep]

No housing that is affordable will ever be built on land that is sold to the highest bidder.

 

[BigDog00]

My senators have been notified. That map posted previously doesn't make a whole lot of sense. One of my core hunting area's has portions listed "for sale" but the land itself doesn't make sense to sell. I can't imagine that map is all that accurate (at least I hope not).

 

[Tilzbow]

My senators have been notified. That map posted previously doesn't make a whole lot of sense. One of my core hunting area's has portions listed "for sale" but the land itself doesn't make sense to sell. I can't imagine that map is all that accurate (at least I hope not).

The exact lands haven’t been identified. The legislation directs BLM and USFS to identify and sell 2.2 to 3.3 million acres.

 

[RockAndSage]

Does anyone know if the state legislatures are involved in identifying the lands under this proposal, or is it just governors? Because if it's just governors, it sounds like a perfect way for a senator sponsoring the bill to get a choice piece of land he wants to put a ranch on identified by the governor for "disposal".

 

[Gila]

Does anyone know if the state legislatures are involved in identifying the lands under this proposal, or is it just governors? Because if it's just governors, it sounds like a perfect way for a senator sponsoring the bill to get a choice piece of land he wants to put a ranch on identified by the governor for "disposal".

Three million acres of Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service lands across: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

Contact your local US Senators to find out what the targets are in your state.

 

[Gila]

There is more at stake than just hunting but do include fishing and trapping. Thousands of jobs, renewable energy, wood extraction for firewood, cattle grazing: the list of public use and value goes on and on…

At least with the Senate Bill they don’t beat around the bush and give the excuse that it is about urban development. The land sale is to seal the deal on tax cuts. No one is debating that anymore.

 

[Gila]

Our 1,000 yard shooting range is a BLM lease that is on the chopping block…Now that sucks!

 

[elkhunter505]

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This deer was killed on BLM land that would be prioritized for disposal. I accessed it for nothing more than the cost of the effort it took. Some magical places will be lost if this amendment is passed as part of the bill, with Idaho losing a lot.

Please continue to hammer your delegates. Even if you’ve already done so. Please do it again and continue to spread this message.

@Ryan Avery

U.S. Senate: Contacting the Senate

Contacting the Senate

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We need more examples like this. Here’s one, this picture contains a portion of land on the block in the Gila NF. It is in the distant background on the right side of the photo, but I spent many days hunting those two areas that year with some fantastic encounters. Gotta keep on them and make this go away.

 

[wyosam]

I can't speak to the exact details of the bill, but it is pretty important and valid to note that there is more going on than just preserving hunting lands. Over 80% of Nevada is "owned" and controlled by the federal government, mostly BLM. Where this becomes a real and damaging problem is when Reno, Las Vegas, and a couple of other growing areas literally hit the edge of federal land and can't grow further. They are completely surrounded, like an island.

So housing gets vastly more expensive, and it becomes far more difficult for families.

Two identical houses in Texas and Nevada, in equally prosperous neighborhoods, could have a half-million dollar gap between their two prices. That's a reality. I don't want to be seeing chunks of wilderness sold to developers, but there's a lot of crap scrubland around Vegas and Reno that barely sustain jackrabbits. I'm 100% in favor of selling off limited runs of lands that border those cities once a decade or so, because to not do so really harms the quality of life of people living here.

How you planning to provide water for continued sprawl in that “crap scrubland” that can’t sustain a jackrabbit? There’s a reason it’s empty.


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[Ryan Avery]

My whole family has grown up on the land that is up for sale. I called both senators and my congressman. I think this will get squashed, but these power-hungry assholes won't stop till they squeeze every bit of America out of Americans.

This land is on the chopping block.

 

[Heath Hansen]

This has nothing to do with housing. It’s simply a way for Mike Lee to get more land for his puppet masters in Utah.

I emailed both my senators.

 

[WRO]

How you planning to provide water for continued sprawl in that “crap scrubland” that can’t sustain a jackrabbit? There’s a reason it’s empty.


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There’s a reason it was empty, what he says is completely correct. Nv is very constrained by blm.


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[wyosam]

There is more at stake than just hunting but do include fishing and trapping. Thousands of jobs, renewable energy, wood extraction for firewood, cattle grazing: the list of public use and value goes on and on…

At least with the Senate Bill they don’t beat around the bush and give the excuse that it is about urban development. The land sale is to seal the deal on tax cuts. No one is debating that anymore.

What’s great, is that those benefiting most from the tax cuts the land sale is paying for are pretty much the same people who are going to buy up all this land. It’s a genius plan to be honest.


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[wyosam]

There’s a reason it was empty, what he says is completely correct. Nv is very constrained by blm.


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And water. There is none.


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