- National forest, BLM lands could be sold for housing under Senate proposal
The land sale bill language requires the Interior secretary and Forest Service chief to identify up to 1,837,500 acres of BLM land and 1,447,500 acres of USFS land for sale, respectively
- MANDATORY DISPOSAL OF BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT LAND AND NATIONAL . . .
o The Federal government owns approximately 640 million acres of land in the United States, nearly a third of the country The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) owns over 245 million acres and the Forest Service (FS) owns 193 million acres Current law effectively prevents any housing from being built on this land
- Lands Potentially Available for Disposal - Bureau of Land Management
Lands Potentially Available for Disposal While the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) directs the BLM to retain most remaining public lands, it does authorize the BLM to dispose of public lands that meet certain criteria These lands must be uneconomical or difficult to manage with respect to contiguous public lands, and disposal of a tract must meet specific public objectives
- 250+ million acres of public lands eligible for sale in SENR bill
The bill mandates disposal of over 2 million acres of BLM and National Forest lands; public lands eligible for sale in the bill encompass over 250 million acres, including local recreation areas, wilderness study areas, inventoried roadless areas, critical wildlife habitat and big game migration corridors
- Prepared with the help of AI and reviewed by Ed Pinto, AEI Housing . . .
Disposal of a tract “shall be considered to meet” Federal Land Policy and Management Act subsections (a), (c), (d), and (f) of §202 of all of §203 relating to land-use-planning
- BDR Statement on Public Land Legislation and Access Concerns
To the BDR Community, We are aware of the recent legislation introduced by Senator Mike Lee that would require the Bureau of Land Management and U S Forest Service to identify and sell between 0 5% and 0 75% of federal lands—estimated at 2 to 3 million acres across 11 Western states—including Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and
- Action Alert: Fight For Public Lands Moves to Senate
Action Alert: Fight For Public Lands Moves to Senate Stop the Senate’s Plan to Sell Off Public Lands UPDATED: June 17, 2025 Just weeks after you fought to remove the sale of public lands from the House spending bill, the Senate has unveiled its own version—and it is worse The new bill proposes selling approximately 3 million acres of public lands, or six times the amount proposed in the
- Lands Potentially Available for Disposal Web App
Additionally, the Recreation and Public Purposes Act authorizes the BLM to dispose of lands for recreation or other public purposes, to the benefit of local communities and local or Tribal governments FLPMA requires that lands available for disposal be identified in resource management plans (RMPs) This web application allows you to search by BLM Field Office or geographic area to find
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