ND Trust Lands Completion act is BACK! Oppose this BLM Land Transfer!

[brocksw]

North Dakota Trustland's Completion Act has returned to the house and will be voted on this week (as soon as later today). They need a 2/3's vote. We need Representatives from other states to hear from their constituents and their opposition to Federal lands transfers that skirt public processes and throw favor to specific entities.

If Passed - the state gains tens of thousands of BLM lands that can now be sold or closed. The Tribe gains 31,000 acres of State trust land inside reservations. The public hunter is left with less public land, less access, and management decisions on that land that no longer consider wildlife.


OPPOSE The ND Trust Lands Completion Act
(H.R. 2252)

NDBHA's objection to this bill summarized:

1. Once transferred to state trust department, tens of thousands of acres of land that have always been open for public hunting can be closed by lessee.

2. Once transferred, state trust department could sell lands

3. Management will no longer prioritize public access or wildlife

4. There is no way for the public to be involved in the decision making around land WE OWN!

TAKE ACTION at the link below!

Oppose the North Dakota Trust Lands Completion Act

Sponsored by Sen. Hoeven (R-ND) and Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), along with Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) as a cosponsor, the entire North Dakota congressional delegation is seeking to pass legislation that would facilitate the transfer of your federal public lands to the state of North Dakota. The...

takeaction.io

 

[Rack Daniels]

The link autofills your opposition, if you are like me and have trouble coming up with your own scholarly letter.

It could not be easier to voice your opposition on this link. Please use it. Thanks…

 

[Wild Bill]

Done. Thanks for sharing

 

[BlakeA]

Thanks Brock

 

[BuzzH]

Sent info to my buddies in ND, they sent it out to a bunch of their contacts. Both are working the phones and emailing as well as advising their friends to as well.

 

[stillkickin]

Done!

 

[Irrelevant]

done

 

[grizzly63]

Done

 

[Pucky Freak]

“I recreate on federal public lands in ND. Horseback riding, hiking, wildlife viewing. Please do not transfer them to ND so that state can lock me out. Iowa has very little public land, so public land in other states is extremely important to me and my family, where we frequently travel to visit it. Not just postcard places like YNP, but the little forgotten sections that almost got sold through the OB3.

Thank you for your time and consideration.”

 

[NDGuy]

Highly recommend using your favorite AI app to rewrite so that they don’t see 100+ of the exact same word for word email. Make it personal how you can.

 

[NDGuy]

I absolutely despise Fedorchak. What a hack.

 

[R.K.]

Done. I used the form letter, because doing anything now is better than putting it off in pursuit of better (and eventually forgetting it).

“Anything worth doing, is worth half-assing.”

 

[Bryerific]

Thanks Brock. Done and forwarded!

 

[Big Fin]

Interesting to see the aggressive frontal attack many have seen coming for decades - that being transferring public Federal lands to state agencies.

Here is a brief history of the state lands owned/trusteed by North Dakota State Land Board:

Acres granted at statehood (sections 16 and 36 of every township) - 3,200,000 acres
Current holdings (surface acres) - 700,000 acres
Disposals since statehood - 2,500,000 acres, or 78% disposed of

If you recreate on those BLM lands, right now you have a lot fewer restrictions than when these become state lands. Here are the restrictions that will come if get transferred to the State Land Board.