Senator Lee Abandons Revised Public Land Sale Provision

California mountain biking community rallies in opposition to Senate public land sale provision. Shared effort results in delivery of over one million opposition letters to federal lawmakers.

On June 28, Senator Lee (Utah) abandoned his revised public land sale provision, which would have mandated the sale of 1.2 million acres of public lands owned by the BLM in 10 western states, including California.

Thank you all for using your voice to help CAMTB and our national advocacy partners at Outdoor Alliance and IMBA ensure that these valuable public resources were not squandered. Over 1 million opposition letters were delivered to Senators and Congresspeople across the nation over the past two weeks.

“Outdoor Alliance is pleased to see Senator Lee remove his provision to sell off public lands from the Senate budget reconciliation bill,” said Adam Cramer, CEO of Outdoor Alliance. “We are grateful to the millions of outdoor enthusiasts who spoke up about keeping public lands public in the last few weeks. This victory is because of your voices.

“We are deeply grateful for the leadership of Reps. Zinke, Simpson, Newhouse, Valadao, Bentz and Sens. Sheehy, Daines, Crapo, and Risch for their work fighting this proposal, as well as the Reps. Hurd and Kiley, the Public Lands Caucus, and other members working behind the scenes.”