Dept of Interior Looking To Sell Public Lands

[WesternWyoming]

Raise a fkn shit storm

I’m in!

 

[El Jason]

Burgum is a snake, he's become a boot licker

Burgum is heavily invested in AI. He stands to make a lot of money from data center deals.

 

[elkduds]

Written in the GOP DNA, and every party platform they've published since before Reagan.

 

[NDGuy]

Burgum is heavily invested in AI. He stands to make a lot of money from data center deals.

He will kiss the boots of anyone who gives him more power. He's got higher office in sights IMO

 

[Nick87]

Raise a fkn shit storm

There's plenty of people who vote republican who care about public lands and plenty of people who vote democratic who couldn't care less. I highly doubt too many voters want them sold even if they don't really care.

 

[Irrelevant]

There's plenty of people who vote republican who care about public lands and plenty of people who vote democratic who couldn't care less. I highly doubt too many voters want them sold even if they don't really care.

I actually don't think there are a lot of d's who don't care. Aren't aware maybe, but not don't care. A much better comparison is that this is almost identical to 2nd amendment rights for D's.

I raise enough shit with a reps over that to feel like Ive been blacklisted

 

[Irrelevant]

There's plenty of people who vote republican who care about public lands and plenty of people who vote democratic who couldn't care less. I highly doubt too many voters want them sold even if they don't really care.

And yet it's still in the national platform

 

[Nick87]

Aren't aware maybe, but not don't care. A much better comparison is that this is almost identical to 2nd amendment rights for D's.

Probably pretty close. Probably a lot like that woth public land with both parties. If you dont know much about them youre not gonna have a very well informed opinion. Like a lot of democrats that think AR-15 stands for assault rifle and fires a million bullets per second. They think the public land is some wasteland somewhere.

 

[Wes Mantooth]

The R's have been at this for over 10 years.....if anyone is surprised, you are not getting enough O2 to the brain.

Timeline of Public Land Disposal Efforts

• • December 2012: Federal lawmakers (including Reps. Steve Pearce and Rob Bishop) introduced a deficit-reduction proposal to liquidate national public lands, arguing it would reduce federal management costs and boost local economic activity. [1]
  • 2017: Utah Congressman Jason Chaffetz introduced federal legislation to sell off roughly 3.3 million acres of public land, sparking an intense backlash from sportsmen, conservationists, and outdoor recreation groups that forced its quick withdrawal. [1]
  • 2019–2021: Under the first Trump administration, BLM Director William Perry Pendley and policy planners began laying the groundwork to dispose of or transfer federal lands in the West, a policy framework later carried into Project 2025. [1]
  • 2024–2025: Western lawmakers—including Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT)—pushed proposals like the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) to sell millions of acres of public lands or fund a sovereign wealth fund, drawing immediate opposition and forcing temporary rollbacks or revisions. [1, 2, 3]
  • 2026: The Trump administration's strategic plans and executive actions have continued to target millions of acres for state transfer, commercial development, and resource extraction, meeting ongoing resistance from a mix of bipartisan local communities and conservation organizations. [1, 2, 3]

 

[El Jason]

The election really has no bearing on how these folks view public land sales. The fact they got swamped in the midterms only adds to the urgency of getting stuff done now while they have a lame duck Congress.

You can well expect a barrage of fire sale deals coming down the pipeline between now and January. Write your letters, but don’t think for a minute anyone really gives a rip. This is about making lots of money while the window of opportunity is still open. This will be couched as a national security and federal budget issue. Those will be the rationalizations given.

 

[Hilljackoutlaw]

The election really has no bearing on how these folks view public land sales. The fact they got swamped in the midterms only adds to the urgency of getting stuff done now while they have a lame duck Congress.

You can well expect a barrage of fire sale deals coming down the pipeline between now and January. Write your letters, but don’t think for a minute anyone really gives a rip. This is about making lots of money while the window of opportunity is still open. This will be couched as a national security and federal budget issue. Those will be the rationalizations given.

Yep. Getting swamped just made it so they have nothing to lose more so than before. There will be some infighting from Rs who do have jobs to lose, but this admin literally has nothing to lose at this point so it will be full send mode for 2 years. Unfortunately public lands will be the biggest target.

 

[Irrelevant]

Still as Montana and Montanans have shown you can raise your voice loud enough to make a difference.

 

[Pucky Freak]

This document would make sense to me if GOP won the midterms: Quiet on public land sales -> wins election -> liquidate lands over the next two years.

Except they lost their majority, so they’re going to sell parcels in the next six weeks? Or incoming Congress can’t stop DOI from selling lands? If they can’t, what is the point in contacting the incoming class of legislators?

I’m lost. There is a very specific strategy in releasing the document at this specific hour but I don’t see what it is.

 

[Nick87]

This document would make sense to me if GOP won the midterms: Quiet on public land sales -> wins election -> liquidate lands over the next two years.

Except they lost their majority, so they’re going to sell parcels in the next six weeks? Or incoming Congress can’t stop DOI from selling lands? If they can’t, what is the point in contacting the incoming class of legislators?

I’m lost. There is a very specific strategy in releasing the document at this specific hour but I don’t see what it is.

Stealing all you can on your way out the door.

 

[Pucky Freak]

Ok but realistically how much damage can be done so quickly?

 

[El Jason]

Ok but realistically how much damage can be done so quickly?

Hold my beer…

 

[Nick87]

Ok but realistically how much damage can be done so quickly?

We'll see, I guess. This is nothing new. They all do it on their way out.

 

[Laszlo Cravensworth]

At what point does "I'm not a single issue voter" become "IDGAF about public lands" for an Montanan American based on their voting history?