The Public Lands Sale Autopsy, Part 1: The History of Public Lands

As everyone knows, Sen. Lee's public land sales provision was pulled from the Reconciliation bill at the last moment, giving public lands champions a big win. However, this wasn't the first, nor will it be the last attempt to sell public lands. What led to this effort, and what can we do to quash it in the future? In a two part series, Dave and Nephi dive into those questions, and more. Part 1 focuses on the history of public lands, including the acquisition of lands, disposal of lands, conditions for admission of states to the Union, reserving lands for various purposes, ending homesteading, why we have so much public land in the west, and what sorts of events led to a desire to sell public lands. In Part II, the guys will discuss the future of public lands, and possible solutions to turn down the temperature.

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The Public Lands Sale Autopsy, Part 1: The History of Public Lands is an episode from Your Mountain by Your Mountain.

This episode is 01:37:29 long.

This episode was published on Jul 15, 2025.

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