This is not a normal episode of Outdoorsy. It’s an emergency.
Right now, a dangerous amendment proposed in the Senate threatens to sell off 3.3 million acres of public land, including BLM and USFS land we hike, camp, and recreate on every day. It bypasses tribal consultation, disregards public input, and could permanently restrict public access to these lands.
In this bonus episode, I break down:
- What’s in the “Big Beautiful Bill” (aka H.R.1 / the reconciliation bill)
- Why this land sell-off is so dangerous
- What we actually know about the millions of acres in question
- How we’ve stopped similar amendments before
- What YOU can do in the next two weeks to fight back
We’ve done it once. We can do it again. But we have to act now.
💥 Be brave with me. Let’s keep public lands in public hands. Let’s give them hell.
📞 Call your Senators: https://5calls.org/issue/public-land-sales-budget-reconcilliation/
✉️ Send an email: https://www.outdooralliance.org/blog/2025/6/12/senate-spending-package-proposes-selling-off-33-million-acres-of-public-land
📲 Share online. Talk to your friends IRL. Make some good trouble.
Remember: You belong out there. Always.
READ THE BLOG POST: https://www.madeleinewilson.org/post/3-million-acres-of-public-land-at-risk-and-how-to-help
SOURCES:
- https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1
- https://archive.is/qTspm
- https://archive.is/K1tei
- https://www.npca.org/articles/8792-position-on-h-r-1-one-big-beautiful-bill-act
- https://www.wilderness.org/articles/blog/congress-making-more-250-million-acres-public-lands-available-sale
- https://wilderness.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=821970f0212d46d7aa854718aac42310&fbclid=PAQ0xDSwK-SwxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABp_s7ycI--cptEA3JkG0J2StRmegtosg_UiuOnQvVSx7_IrEhhXOr4hCUG8Ax_aem_MfNlXuX_hdUnqW8m5D1SQw
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