Selling Public Land for Budget Reconciliatory Bill

[VMHunter]

Looks like more public land is threatened to be sold. This time to pay off our debt because we can’t control our spending.

Trout Unlimited has a link here to contact politicians.

Take Action - Trout Unlimited

It only takes a minute to stand up for clean water and healthy fisheries.

www.tu.org

 

[Southern Elk]

Paying off debt or balancing the budget is just an excuse to get people on board with selling. It will just be a drop in the bucket of the deficit. I can’t imagine selling off something so treasured and something that we can never get back just to make a short term budget pencil out.

I used the Trout Unlimited link to contact my reps.

 

[quarterhorse]

We should keep a tally of the stupid ideas getting thrown about to sell public land

 

[hank4elk]

We should keep a tally of the stupid ideas getting thrown about to sell public land

Yeah. I'm 70 and cannot remember a quarter of this crap I have seen pile up. My memory bank is overloaded.

 

[WIbiggame]

I used the Trout Unlimited link to contact my reps.

I clicked the link that @VMHunter shared but it took me to a petition to sign. I was trying to find the contact information for my representatives

 

[Southern Elk]

I clicked the link that @VMHunter shared but it took me to a petition to sign. I was trying to find the contact information for my representatives

I guess that’s what I did too. Here are some take action links from BHA.

Take Action

Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is the voice for our wild public lands, waters and wildlife.

www.backcountryhunters.org

 

[VMHunter]

I clicked the link that @VMHunter shared but it took me to a petition to sign. I was trying to find the contact information for my representatives

Sorry, early morning post…foggy brain. It is a petition. I signed it anyway. The more spam we send them the more they hear it.

 

[WIbiggame]

Thanks, I went to my representatives page and it was a 7 step process to send a message. Was hoping for just an email address . I was being lazy. Thanks for sharing the link!

 

[nrpate05]

Where's Trump on this? He's said numerous times that he wouldn't get rid of public land.

 

[morley.tyler]

Where's Trump on this? He's said numerous times that he wouldn't get rid of public land.

Hahahahahahahahahahha. Right now he's busy kicking the shit out of my 401K and my IRA.

 

[VMHunter]

Hahahahahahahahahahha. Right now he's busy kicking the shit out of my 401K and my IRA.

And reducing the value of our income.

 

[morley.tyler]

And reducing the value of our income.

A classic Daily Double.

 

[SaskHunter]

The art of the deal!

They get your public land, you get nothing!

 

[elkduds]

Paying off debt or balancing the budget is just an excuse to get people on board with selling. It will just be a drop in the bucket of the deficit. I can’t imagine selling off something so treasured and something that we can never get back just to make a short term budget pencil out.

I used the Trout Unlimited link to contact my reps.

We should keep a tally of the stupid ideas getting thrown about to sell public land

The motivation to get rid of public lands in the name of "smaller government" has been in the GOP party platform since Reagan. This is just the latest version of their 45 year effort. It has nothing to do with housing availability and balancing budget. that is just the current bumper sticker on it. If defending public lands is as important to you as it is to me, please support every group fighting PLT. Our best move is to oppose this @ every turn. I spend 2-3 hours/day finding and sharing info about this. People I've never met reply to me online wanting more info about PLT, HR 1997 and other public land atrocities. They let me know they are sharing this info w like-minded others.

 

[NR_Hunter]

Relax, Everything is going to be okay!

 

[VMHunter]

Teddy Roosevelt Conservation Partnership has a good link here to ping your congressmen:

Urge Lawmakers to Oppose Public Land Sales! | Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership

www.trcp.org

Whatever web service they use needs to be on all these conservation orgs. Super easy.

 

[Laszlo Cravensworth]

Teddy Roosevelt Conservation Partnership has a good link here to ping your congressmen:

Urge Lawmakers to Oppose Public Land Sales! | Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership

www.trcp.org

Whatever web service they use needs to be on all these conservation orgs. Super easy.

That was a remarkably easy portal.

 

[Bluffgruff]

I sent my rep an email. I felt like I was signing an apartment lease to actually send an email to him, address, phone number, email, full name required. No email address anywhere to just send it.

 

[VMHunter]

Yeah, I even had a pop up that said one of the senators required me to input my phone number a second time.

I don’t expect a phone call from his office.

 

[Oak]

Early this morning, the Senate voted on an amendment introduced by Hickenlooper and Heinrich that would prevent the sale of public lands. The amendment was voted down 48-51, with Daines and Sheehy voting with Democrats.