DENVER (KDVR) — A proposed federal bill endorsed by President Donald Trump could put millions of acres of public land up for sale, based on a new study, and that includes public lands in Colorado.
The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources released legislative text to be considered as part of Senate Republicans’ budget reconciliation bill. After a revised version of the bill was released, a nonprofit group warned that this means millions of acres of public land across the country could be for sale.
The Wilderness Society, a nonprofit organization in Denver, released a study finding that over 250 million acres of land across the country would be eligible for sale if this bill passes, including local recreation, wilderness study and inventoried roadless areas…