Republicans move to sell off 3.3m acres of national land, sparking rallies

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Now that Republicans have quietly drawn a path to give away much of Americans’ public land, US representative Jason Chaffetz of Utah has introduced what the Wilderness Society is calling “step two” in the GOP’s plan to offload federal lands.

The new piece of legislation would direct the interior secretary to immediately sell off an area of public land the size of Connecticut. In a press release for House Bill 621, Chaffetz, a Tea Party Republican, claimed that the 3.3m acres of national land, maintained by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), served “no purpose for taxpayers”.

But many in the 10 states that would lose federal land in the bill disagree, and public land rallies in opposition are bringing together environmentalists and sportsmen across the west.

Set aside for mixed use, BLM land is leased for oil, gas and timber, but is also open to campers, cyclists and other outdoor enthusiasts. As well as providing corridors for gray wolves and grizzly bears, low-lying BLM land often makes up the winter pasture for big game species, such as elk, oryx and big-horned sheep.

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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jan/31/public-lands-sell-congress-bureau-management-chaffetz

[Wounded Bear]

1. K & R ......for visibility..nt

[Guilded Lilly]

2. Kick

[Raster]

3. KICK!

[dhill926]

4. wish Teddy Roosevelt would rise up out of his grave....

and beat the living shit out of modern day repubs, with his "big stick"...

[MoonRiver]

5. Their goal is to destroy everything of beauty and majesty in this country.

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I desperately hope they will be halted in 2 years!

[2naSalit]

8. It will be all over but the crying in 2 years.

They needed to be stopped a long time ago but I'll settle for right now.

[maddiemom]

28. No, their goal is to profit as much as they can from public lands---

without regard to any beauty and majesty they destroy. Natural beauty and majesty are not on their radar at all.

[Plucketeer]

32. Their idea of Beauty & Majesty

is neat stacks of hundred dollar bills.

[Lucinda]

6. KNR

[Bengus81]

7. And...in a few months you can contact Chaffetz at Yellowstone Natl Condos.....n/t

[mobeau69]

10. Sad if we let this happen.

Jason serves “no purpose for taxpayers”.

[brush]

33. And he'll have a much larger campaign warchest, not to mention heftier off-shore accounts

[rickford66]

9. Just pull a GOP remedy for this.

Once back in control, confiscate the land back and claim it was sold off illegally.

[mrmpa]

20. that happened about 10 years ago..

In western Pennsylvania the department of Veterans Affairs bought over 350 acres of land for the National Cemetery Of The Alleghenies in Washington County. Somehow someone in the county sold about 40 acres of that land to someone for "development". When the VA found out they confiscated it back telling the county that it had been sold off illegally.

[rickford66]

23. Precedent set then

[jeffreyi]

11. Kick

[jeffreyi]

12. I called

My congressman offices yesterday.

[angrychair]

13. Good luck

Trying to illegally seize land in Oregon.

[Volaris]

17. Right. Which sort of begs the question..

If the bundys and their ilk haven't paid the taxes they owe, why in God's name does this Chafitz pos think they deserve this kind of Representation??

[denbot]

14. K&R

Can't our reps try to poison the steal, by affirming we will reclaim the land through eminent domain? That should tamp down enthusiasm for taking our land.

[hamsterjill]

15. Well, you know Republicans love to kill things.

Just makes me sick to my stomach. They are land rapists.

[MoonRiver]

24. They are haters. NUFF SAID

[SHRED]

16. Off-roaders, hunters, and fisherman LISTEN UP!

[malchickiwick]

18. Chaffetz is in the pocket of big oil, and he would be happy to frack Zion, Bryce, Arches, etc., etc.

I hate to admit I liked in that ass-hat's district until just a couple of years ago. Felt like wearing a bag over my head the whole time.

[world wide wally]

19. WTF Republican voter?

Were you bored with no national crisis going on so you voted for Trump to start some?

Fucking brainless assholes

[byronius]

21. I believe anyone who purchases this sacred land should have their citizenship revoked.

As well as any other possible penalties. This is a major social crime. Un-American. Seriously evil.

[Stellar]

22. I thought Obama protected a whole googobs of land, even into the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. damn!

smh.

[CrispyQ]

25. There go the big mammals.

All so a few rich guys can make even more money.

[bdamomma]

26. K&R

[JDC]

27. We bear witness to the rape and pillage of America by Republicans

[Kablooie]

29. Cloven Bundy wins!

Just goes to show that armed standoffs of federal officials is the way to go if you want something done in Washington nowadays.

[GoCubsGo]

30. That sure didn't take long.

Fucking fuckers.

[packman]

31. Always thought that a dam at the Grand Canyon was a good idea

After all, it is just a big hole in the ground and you know Repukes like to fill those holes

[pansypoo53219]

34. the rape & pillage begins.

[bucolic_frolic]

35. Thievery in the shadows

ought to be illegal

This is a money grab pure and simple

[Fresh_Start]

36. Thank god its mostly in red states.

they are getting what they voted for.