Chris Wood, Trout Unlimited President and CEO on Provision to Sell Forest Service and BLM Lands
Contact:
- Chris Wood, President and CEO – chris.wood@tu.org
- Zoe Bommarito, National Communications Director – zoe.bommarito@tu.org, 517-604-1844
- Steve Kandell, Protection Campaign Center Director – steve.kandell@tu.org
Washington, D.C. – Budget reconciliation text under consideration by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee includes a number of provisions that would threaten America’s federal public lands and the watersheds they support. Notably, the bill requires the sale of millions of acres of Bureau of Land Management and National Forest System land for housing, increased timber sales, geothermal leasing, and compensation of states and localities for the cost of wind and solar projects on federal land. Trout Unlimited opposes these measures.
“The Senate is considering a bill that could allow for the sale of several million acres of our shared public lands. These lands are the cornerstone of America’s rich conservation legacy. They support high paying family wage jobs. They are the sources of the finest fish and wildlife habitat and fishing and hunting in the nation. They represent most of the land that any of us will ever own, and importantly, pass on to our kids and grandkids. The misguided and dark-of-night inclusion of public land sales in the Senate bill is an affront to common sense and a direct threat to America’s land legacy.
“Public lands are the backyard of the little guy, and the Senate bill will put them on the chopping block for the rich to erect fences and no trespassing signs.” – Chris Wood, Trout Unlimited President and CEO
[WATCH] Statement from Chris Wood, Trout Unlimited President and CEO
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