GOP wants to empty 3,125 square miles of federal public lands

A budget for the Republican Senator in Utah Mike Lee It will impose the sale of more than one 3,125 square miles (8,093 square kilometers) from federal lands to the state or other entities. It was recently included in a draft item for the comprehensive tax reduction package of the Republican Party.

At a summit of Monday from the rulers of the Western states, the Governor of New Mexico Michel Logan Grisham said the approach was a problem in New Mexico due to the presence of close relations with those public lands.

Logan Grieham, a former democratic ruler in the second period and former member of Congress, said. “Except here.”

“Our public lands have a very strong relationship with openness, and they all belong to us,” said Logan Griemeh, who was announcing written recommendations on Monday about housing strategies at reasonable prices from the Western Conservative Association. “And sell it to the private sector without a process, without the situation of the new Mexicans, it will be, at least for me as a ruler, a problem.”

Secretary of the Ministry of Interior Doug Burgum Among the leaders of many federal agencies who attended the meeting that will continue until Tuesday. Described Many of the possible uses of public lands that include entertainment, cutting trees and oil and gas production, saying that they may enhance local economies.

Several hundreds of demonstrators in the center of Santa condemned the efforts that might allocate federal public lands, frequent “not for sale” and carry the signs that read “this land belongs to you” and “preserving our public lands for future generations.”

Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon has expressed qualified support for plans to benefit from federal development.

“On the basis of a separate piece where I have the opportunity for states to formulate logical policies … we can actually allow some responsible growth in areas that suffer from local communities at this stage,” he said at a press conference outside the Georgia Okev Museum in Santa in Santa. “There may be value there.”

He told me that federal land sales according to his proposal will target the “isolated parcels” that can be used in housing or infrastructure, and will not include national gardens or national or land monuments.

The land in 11 Western states from Alaska to New Mexico will be qualified for sale. Montana was carved from the proposal after the legislators objected.

In some states, such as Utah and Nevada, the government controls the vast majority of land, and protects it from potential exploitation but hinders growth.