You can’t make this stuff up. After the initial proposal was struck down by the Senate Parliamentarian, there’s a new proposal to sell your public lands... and it still stinks.
“Hunters, anglers and outdoor enthusiasts of every political stripe have made clear that mandatory public land sales are a boneheaded idea,” said TU’s President and CEO Chris Wood. “Hunters and anglers are heartened by the growing, bipartisan coalition in Congress who oppose the sale of the places we hunt and fish. House and Senate leadership needs to do the right thing and keep all public land sales out of reconciliation.”
“To be certain, opportunities exist to identify limited and targeted public lands that can or even should be sold or traded to support community expansion; that process should play out in the bright light of day with public involvement. The ham-handed approach of the Senate language would result in a dark of night fire sale of public lands to people who would quickly erect fences and pos...