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This Map Shows The 120 Million Acres of Public Land that Could Be Sold Under New Bill

Tim HuntBy Tim HuntJune 16, 20252 Mins Read
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This Map Shows The 120 Million Acres of Public Land that Could Be Sold Under New Bill

The public lands advocacy group published a map and table detailing all the Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service land that could be subject for disposal in 11 states. The map does not include all BLM and Forest Service land in those states because the bill describes a variety of exclusions. It is also unlikely that all 120 million acres will be sold or disposed of.

However, the map still paints a striking picture of the millions of acres that would be eligible for disposal, most of which is not around major cities and would not be suitable for “affordable housing,” as the bill’s authors suggest.

The public land sale provision was included in the so-called “one, big, beautiful bill” by Utah Senator Mike Lee during a session of the Senate Energy and Natural Resource Committee. The bill requires and fast-tracks the sale of between 0.5-0.75% of BLM and Forest Service land in 11 states, but it also includes a variety of exclusions. According to the bill, these lands cannot be sold:

In addition, the bill excludes lands that are subject to mining claims, grazing permits, mineral leases, or rights of way.

These exclusions incorporate millions of acres, but there are still millions more that could be disposed of.

The bill states that land managers are supposed to prioritize parcels that are suitable for affordable housing, but it adds a number of loopholes that would allow officials to sell any of the acres identified on the map above.

For example, the bill requires officials to prioritize lands that are nominated by a state or local government, are adjacent to developed areas, have access to existing infrastructure, and are suitable for residential housing. But at the bottom of that list, it also adds lands that would “reduce checkerboard land patterns” or “are isolated tracts that are inefficient to manage.”

The bill does not explain what it means by “isolated” or “inefficient,” which would give officials latitude to sell virtually any acreage that is not one of the above designations or operating under an existing lease or permit.

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