US EditionMaps show BLM's plan to sell 5,500 acres in 8 small towns northeast of Las Vegas
- Over 300 elected officials from 11 Western states sent a letter to the Trump Administration and Congress on a Wednesday, urging a more balanced approach to public lands management.
- This action was taken due to threats facing public lands, including privatization, budget and staff cuts, climate change, development, and shrinking protections, amidst a broader push to bolster energy production in America.
- The letter asked the federal government to fully fund public lands, oppose the sale of public lands in the Budget Reconciliation Package, and oppose any attempts to change the Antiquities Act or reduce the size of national monuments, citing the economic power, popularity, and bipartisan support of these lands.
- The letter cited a 2023 National Park Service report stating that 325 million park visitors spent an estimated $26.4 billion in local gateway regions, supporting 415,000 jobs, $19.4 billion in labor income, and $55.6 billion in economic output.
- The Department of the Interior is conducting an internal review of reports submitted to the secretary to determine if further action is warranted, while the U.S. House Budget Committee proposed increasing the sale of federal land to pay for other priorities as part of the budget reconciliation process, and President Trump's Feb. 11 executive order aimed to cut federal agency waste, potentially impacting agencies like the U.S. Forest Service and the EPA.
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Maps show BLM's plan to sell 5,500 acres in 8 small towns northeast of Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A proposal to sell public lands spread out among several small towns northeast of Las Vegas is getting people fired up on social media. The Lincoln County towns of Alamo, Caliente, Crestline, Hiko, Panaca, Pioche, Mt. Wilson and Rachel are the sites identified in a document released by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM). A combined 5,500 acres across 66 plots of land were selected as the BLM gets ready to open up land to…
Glenwood Springs Post Independent
Over 300 elected officials in the West urge Trump, federal government to take a more balanced approach to public land management
Public lands are facing threats of privatization, budget and staff cuts, climate change, development and shrinking protections — and over 300 elected officials from 11 Western states are fighting back. The delegation of electeds — around half of which are from Colorado — sent a letter to the Trump Administration and Congress on Wednesday urging the federal government to take a more “balanced” approach to public lands management in the West. Sp…
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