Senate Republicans plan to Sell Off 250 MILLION ACRES of public land [View all]

UPDATE: It gets worse. The updated legislative language makes over 250 MILLION ACRES of public land available for sell-off.

UPDATE: It gets worse. The updated legislative language makes over 250 MILLION ACRES of public land available for sell-off.

— Janessa Goldbeck (@janessagoldbeck.bsky.social) 2025-06-17T20:27:13.049Z

Buried in a Senate budget bill is a massive giveaway to corporate developers and fossil fuel companies.

It forces the sale of at least 2 million acres of Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management land in 11 Western states *every 60 days* until millions of acres are gone.

— Janessa Goldbeck (@janessagoldbeck.bsky.social) 2025-06-16T21:12:55.821Z

There’s a lot of horrific news out of Washington right now—but you might have missed this: Senate Republicans just introduced a plan to sell off 120 million acres of our public lands.

Let me break down what’s in the bill and why it’s a full-scale land grab

🚨 There’s a lot of horrific news out of Washington right now—but you might have missed this: Senate Republicans just introduced a plan to sell off 120 million acres of our public lands.

Let me break down what’s in the bill and why it’s a full-scale land grab. 🧵

— Janessa Goldbeck (@janessagoldbeck.bsky.social) 2025-06-16T21:12:55.820Z

These aren’t just any lands.
They include:

🌱 Wilderness study areas
🌲 Roadless national forests
🫎 Big game migration corridors
🥾Local recreation lands
❤️‍🔥 Tribal homelands and sacred sites (with NO right of first refusal)

— Janessa Goldbeck (@janessagoldbeck.bsky.social) 2025-06-16T21:12:55.822Z