Full CoverageA Republican plan to sell off millions of acres of public lands is no more — for now
By Lila Seidman
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Mike Lee’s Plan to Sell Public Lands Faces MAGA Pushback
By Maxine Joselow
5 House Republicans declare red line on megabill land sales
By James Bikales
House Republican opposing proposed sale of public lands says he's still against Senate bill: 'I remain a no'
By Alex Nitzberg
Outdoor Enthusiasts Fight Federal Land Sale in Trump Megabill
By Jim Carlton
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Anderson: Selling public land is a bad idea for Minnesotans and everyone
By Dennis Anderson
As protests mount against plan to sell public land, Utah Sen. Mike Lee says he is ‘just getting started’
By Angus Thuermer
From above the Portneuf Valley, a conservationist sees a continuing threat to public land access
By Logan Ramsey
GOP plan to sell more than 3,200 square miles of federal lands is found to violate Senate rules
By Matthew Daly
Proposal to sell public land, including 5M acres in WA, removed from ‘Big Beautiful Bill’
By Julia Dallas
Oregon’s only congressional Republican joins chorus against federal land sales
By Courtney Sherwood
Senate rulekeeper blocks public lands sales — including in Colorado — from Republican budget bill
By Elise Schmelzer
Big Sur spared in revised public land sale proposal, debate ongoing
By Brooke Kinebrew
Trump's federal land sell-off proposal includes 5M acres in Washington
By Sebastian Robertson
Daines and Sheehy ‘Aligned’ in Opposition to Public Lands Sale in Senate Budget Bill
By Mariah Thomas
Huge Public Land Sale Stripped from Senate Bill—For Now—But Assault on Federal Land Protections Continues
By Wyatt Myskow
Idaho Sierra Club to hold emergency picket against public land sale proposal
By Dakota Castets-didier
Republican plan to sell millions of acres of federal lands found to violate Senate rules
By Matthew Daly
‘This Is in Our DNA.’ Western Senator Blasts Mike Lee’s Crusade to Privatize Public Land
By Tim Dickinson
Smith: As Congress debates budget bill, it's time to voice support for public lands and federal agencies
By Paul A. Smith
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum answers questions about the 'Big Beautiful Bill' and public lands
By Jacob Gardenswartz
Map: All 250 million acres of public land the Trump budget bill would sell off
By Kristin Toussaint
Lee cuts scope of Senate public lands sell-off plan amid setbacks, public opposition
By Angus M. Thuermer, Jr. & Angus Thuermer
Lee seeks to revise plan to sell public lands after parliamentarian excludes it from GOP policy bill
By Rachel Frazin