Sale of public lands proposed in the new budget bill

[ButchW1]

But both sides care too much about some special interests groups.

That is true.. I’d like to see where the money comes from and to whom backing this bill…
Butch

 

[Wasillaguy]

Theoretically, someone might homestead some former BLM land that was inaccessible and improve it for a ranch or ag business. This biz might then show up on Harvest Host and suddenly RVs are accessing an area that they can't now.
Someone might even develop an RV park if the land isn't suitable for homes, it's happened before.

 

[ButchW1]

Theoretically, someone might homestead some former BLM land that was inaccessible and improve it for a ranch or ag business. This biz might then show up on Harvest Host and suddenly RVs are accessing an area that they can't now.
Someone might even develop an RV park if the land isn't suitable for homes, it's happened before.

Theoretically, yea..... But in reality, it's going to go to "special interest (Big Business)", not some little mom-n-pop homesteaded ranch, farm or RV park... Want to bet that any of us on this forum will ever get a piece of it?...
Butch

 

[TheBar]

I would bet the land will be up for public auction. Maybe big corporations will outbid the little guys but they won't be interested in small lots.

 

[ferfer]

I would bet the land will be up for public auction.

You would lose your bet.

The pending Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Budget Reconciliation Bill specify the Secretaries of Agriculture and Interior will choose the land to be sold, including areas nominated by but “any interested party”.

The passed House budget reconciliation bill removed the provision to sell of public land.

 

[Arch Hoagland]

You would lose your bet.

The pending Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Budget Reconciliation Bill specify the Secretaries of Agriculture and Interior will choose the land to be sold, including areas nominated but “any interested party”.

The passed House budget reconciliation bill removed the provision to sell of public land.

AI Overview

Yes, the passed House budget reconciliation bill did indeed remove the provision for selling public lands. This provision was originally included in the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," but was stripped out after opposition from lawmakers and public pressure. The bill, as amended, no longer includes the sale of hundreds of thousands of acres of public land in Nevada and Utah, as was initially proposed.

 

[TheBar]

You would lose your bet.

Public auction is an option according to BLM. See the topic: How is the land actually sold?

 

[ferfer]

Public auction is an option according to BLM.

Perhaps true today. If the sell of public lands in Budget Resolution bill passes it appears it will not be the true in the future.

 

[Gr8bawana]

KEY POINTS

• Million of acres of BLM and Forest Service lands may fit the criteria for sale under a Senate committee proposal.
• Up to 3 million acres would be up for sale in the next five years, which includes lands currently permitted for grazing.
• If passed, the first sales of federal public land could happen this fall, according to a conservation group.

More than 250 million acres of public lands fit the criteria for sale put forward by Sen. Mike Lee in the newest version of the reconciliation bill, according to a new report by The Wilderness Society, a conservation advocacy group.

While the Utah Republican’s version of the bill caps the total sell-off to a vanishingly small percentage of America’s 640 million acres of public land — between 0.5% and 0.75% of all Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service lands, separately — it would translate to the federal government selling up to 3.04 million acres.

The intention of the sale is to drive revenue in order to offset trillions of dollars in proposed tax cuts and address the nation’s $36 trillion debt.

 

[RayIN]

Land is a finite resource, there will never be more than now. Population growth must have somewhere to expand. Housing has never been as unaffordable as now for a reason.
Sometime in the future the world population will be so numerous, IMO eventually the only undeveloped land will be city, county,state, and national parks.
(thus the thinking for possible life on Mars and other planets)
Presently lumber is required for buildings, perhaps sometime in the future all dwellings will be steel-frame construction and that requires above and underground natural resources.
Humm_ as demand grows will we plastic trim in the future and dwelling construction similar to RV's, without any reduction in price? (sound familiar)
As to studies; I don't think I've ever read one of them that does not contain a hint of the people performing the study and/or writing the results personal bias.
The best studies are the ones with which we agree IMO.

 

[bigb56]

Presently lumber is required for buildings, perhaps sometime in the future all dwellings will be steel-frame construction and that requires above and underground natural resources.

I just read a couple days ago that the most common building material worldwide is earth.

 

[Wasillaguy]

Population growth must have somewhere to expand. Housing has never been as unaffordable as now for a reason.

Precisely.
You put a governor on an engine to limit the output.
Government is limiting growth, not just economically, but physically.

 

[Kirk]

Population growth must have somewhere to expand. Housing has never been as unaffordable as now for a reason.

The global population is projected to eventually decrease, though it will likely take many decades. While the world's population is still growing, the growth rate is slowing down, and some projections indicate a peak around the mid-2080s before a gradual decline. The global population growth rate has been slowing down for several decades and is currently less than 1%. While estimates vary, most projections suggest the world population will peak at around 10 to 10.4 billion people, with some suggesting it could happen earlier (around the 2060s). After the peak, it's predicted that the global population will gradually decline, with some projections showing a decrease to around 10.2 billion by the end of the century.

At my age, I don't expect to see that happen.

 

[Chef Duane]

My BIL had a small ranch outside of Bend, OR. that was adjacent to a small plot of BLM land, only a few acres. There was a pond on the BLM land but it the land wasn't electrified and plumbed just a chunk of land. The BLM actually approached him and asked if the wanted to buy it or maybe lease it for use. The caveats being that he had to maintain the pond, could not subdivide or sublease, and could only use the land for his personal agricultural purposes. He acquired it and was happy with the deal. They eventually sold it and moved into a nice house in town. Don't know the particulars of that deal.