Andy1 Posted 5 hours ago Posted 5 hours ago I have been following this issue a bit. The proposed law would require the mandatory selling off of about 2-3 million acres of Federal land in the west. People in Montana are opposed to it so lands in Montana are exempt along with National Parks, historic sites, rivers corridors, etc. Most of the land sold would be from US National Forests or BLM land. This is a stupid proposal that will become a corporate favor. There is currently an established process, that has been in place for many dacades, for the sale of Federal lands. This process incorporates public input and other factors, as should happen in a democracy, when the government sells land which belongs to all of us. Once the land is sold, it’s gone forever. They aren’t making any more of it. This law would avoid that process. There is currently no list or map of the lands that would be sold, so no one can voice opposition to a specific chunk they want to privatize. This is just a concept that sounds good to MAGA that they want to push through in this Big Fugly Bill. There will be no public hearing on this law. This likely means that the sale of our lands would be behind closed doors to corporations who want specific blocks of our land. This leads to more corporate corruption and corporate favors at the expense of the public interest. Our public lands where people can hunt, fish and hike are one of the things which makes America great. Europe has old cities, cathedrals and castles. In America we have our land for our public heritage which is passed on from one generation to the next. Once gone, it’s gone forever. Your Mountain podcast has a recent episode going in depth on this proposal.
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