Public Lands

Senate Republicans would have mandated the sale of over a million acres of BLM lands across the West, but that proposal was axed late Saturday night. Conservation advocates are celebrating, but say the fight isn't over yet.

The report comes as the Trump administration tries to “unleash” domestic energy supplies.

Forest Service seeks economic development and wildfire-fighting routes, but environmental advocates are furious

How governors are pushing back on Republicans public lands proposals

Proponents say the land would be used for much-needed housing, but environmental groups say eligible areas could include those treasured by communities in the Mountain West.

Millions of acres across 11 Western states would be up for sale. Republicans say it will help solve the affordable housing crisis, but environmental advocates say it's not a serious solution.

The new opinion states that presidents may remove or reduce protections for monuments that “never were or no longer are deserving” of such status.

The Republican push comes after the House removed a much smaller federal lands sale provision from its bill.

A Republican representative from the Mountain West led an effort Wednesday to remove a controversial provision to sell 450,000 acres of federal land in Nevada and Utah from the House reconciliation bill.

Republican representatives in Nevada and Utah this week were successful in getting an amendment to sell public lands in federal budget legislation. In Nevada, the idea is already facing strong opposition.