Millions of acres of national forests and other public lands could be sold for housing development, per language inserted into the U.S. Senate's proposed budget on June 12.

If passed, sportsmen and women would lose access to large tracts of public land." Mike Cernovich, the popular MAGA influencer, on X: "Selling off our federal lands should be a no-go.

Angeles National Forest and other public lands play an outsize role in both outdoor recreation and access to parks and green space in the Los Angeles area, and the forest is often called the ...

Senate Republicans recently proposed the sale of up to 3.29 million acres of public land across 11 Western states. While Grand Teton National Park and other national parks themselves aren’t on ...

Less visible to the public are the volunteers who help make the parks and other federal lands run, including 138,000 Volunteers-in-Parks who in 2024 contributed more than 3.7 million hours of service.

Any land sold through this process must be developed into housing or “community needs as defined by the Secretary of the Interior.” According to the Wilderness Society, 21.7 million acres of public ...

A May 2024 view of the Black Hills National Forest in South Dakota. (Seth Tupper/South Dakota Searchlight) Americans have long enjoyed the practical and romantic aspects of the West. The West has ...

While the public lands targeted in last week’s provision are not national parks or monuments, maps released with the proposal indicate that they include valuable wildlife habitats and access to ...

National parks and national monuments are excluded from potential land sales. However, the bill identifies more than 250 million acres of public land that would be eligible for sale, including ...

Millions of acres of national forests and other public lands could be sold for housing development, per language inserted into the U.S. Senate's proposed budget on June 12.