The graphic was made with R(ggplot) and Powerpoint
deborah_az on
Confusing title and key. These aren’t state lands, they’re federal public lands.
Edit: These lands aren’t available for sale. They’re potentially eligible for sale. Also, citing your data sources is absolutely critical here.
anaarsince87 on
Hey Idaho, how ya liking Trump so far?
Uniteus on
So only on the west coast?
SpeakMySecretName on
Stealing land you own to sell it to corporations. Utah republican legislators keeps losing Court Decisions to overrule the vote of the people and sell it anyway. Disgusting greedy pigs.
ajtrns on
what i’d really like is for someone with experience reading this legislation to ballpark the actual projected sales. by my reading, the maximum might be 0.75% of both BLM and USFS land total over 5 years (close to 2M acres), or that same maximum percentage every 60 days. there is no practical pathway to administratively handle that many sales every 60 days, so i think the legislation is prompting total auction listings over 5 years of 2M acres or less.
if however they actually somehow were to list 0.75% of the “disposable” lands every 60 days and somehow sell every auction slate (again, this would be physically/administratively impossible, but let’s imagine) that would leave approximately 20 auctions during the remainder of trump term #2. and would total a maximum of 1.9M * 20 = ~38M acres.
again i want to reiterate that such a massive sell-off would be impossible given the language in the bill, and the nature of our court system. but i could see them hitting the 1M acre mark after 3.5 years. realistically the republicans don’t even aim for that — they want maybe on the order of ~100k acres that theyve had their eyes on for years in utah, idaho, and wyoming, and this hugely exaggerated power play is their way of covering up the much smaller (but still enormous) play they’ve been aiming at for the past decade.
though the pages on mining and logging leases are likely to fly more “under the radar” but cause potentially more damage.
Alive-Song3042 on
I imagine a lot of that could be turned into beautiful state and national parks 🙁
Good visual though, especially the bar chart on the left. I had no idea it was such a large percentage of some states.
TheNorthFac on
Oh cool! So now Cliven can stop freeloading and purchase his own land in Nevada, right? Right……?
🦗
ResidentSheeper on
Selling out america. Billionaires will buy it all up.
jessesomething on
I just got back from a trip in Reno, Nevada and saw a herd of wild horses literally right in our back yard on the outskirts of the city. This administration is evil beyond recognition.
SyrupyMolassesMMM on
Out of absolutely EVERYTHING that DJT will do; this is the worst imo.
If the Democrat’s had any nuts they’d announce they will be acquiring it under legislation as soon as they are able to. Put the buyers off.
mezolithico on
Hopefully California buys it all and protects it
JayAlexanderBee on
Just curious, if bought, what’s to be built out there? It’s not like you can farm.
bevo_expat on
Great, I was just thinking the billionaires needed to own more of the country.
HighlightResident838 on
Each state should buy their land, ruin the feds plan
Belial-bradley on
Sooo what’s left of Native land in this area and national park land?
Raiko99 on
Billionaires are struggling, we need to help them out.
hikeonpast on
Here’s how to keep this from happening:
Install the free 5calls app. It will help you call your Rep and Senators, and will give you a script to read (pick the sale of public land issue near the bottom of the big beautiful bill topics).
If you can, call every day, especially if you have a Rep or Senators that are (R).
Subject_Reception681 on
Enjoy the National Parks while you can. Feels like it’s not gonna be long before China owns a large portion of the US.
bigmanlittlebike89 on
Montana: F U, we’re not for sale.
tblazertn on
How much is the land closest to Area 51?
alphawolf29 on
Even if you thought this was a good idea, surely its a bad idea to sell it virtually all at the same time, flooding the market with cheap government land? Like damn, sell a 100 acres every week for the next… 600 years
alphawolf29 on
Nevada idaho utah oregon, literally 4 of my 5 favourite states. Fuuuuuuucckkkk. I live right on the ID/WA border 🙁
twofourfourthree on
Nevada is going to get bought up for water rights and turned into alfalfa farms. See what happened in Arizona and go from there.
HenryBeCryring on
Trump wants to sell the people’s land and pocket the bribes all along the way.
burnmenowz on
All about selling America
Kiyan1159 on
No idea what this is or what the acronyms mean.
baxx10 on
This incredibly sad for two reasons. First one is pretty obvious, that’s OUR land and it should remain protected and available for reasonable recreational purposes. Second is that I haven’t seen ANY stories about this… It is a HUGE amount of land.
ATLfalcons27 on
Just the name of the bill shows how fucking stupid our country is
laz10 on
Think of all the parking lots you could have
ChumbawumbaFan01 on
I wonder if the state and county laws for taking one tree and planting two would apply in Oregon.
TheWooginator on
America’s for sale
And you can get a good deal on it
And make a healthy profit
NOFX
The_Life_Aquatic on
It’s not just about how much but where the land is. Everyone that I know that camps, skis, climbs, hunts and fishes does it in one of the areas for sale. This is an issue more that 75% of Americans are against and yet it is still in the bill. Call your reps if they’re Republican and let them know how irate you are.
iwasnotarobot on
Looks like a bunch of land once occupied by Indigenous people….
FrostnJack on
The whole thing is disgusting & obscene. Temba, his bones shattered.
The graphic is very helpful. Any way there might be a high res version of the map. A lot of USFS patches around me going up for sale—burns Frosty’s gourd
FingerBlastYoAss9000 on
Insulting and anti-american.
A handful of politicians trying to take away your land and your freedom to access that land. Absolutely pathetic.
Teddy Roosevelt is rolling in his grave.
The_Goose_II on
Man, this congress is fucking stupid.
outremonty on
Remember that time right-wingers cared about public lands and took over a national wildlife refuge and begged the government to Waco them so they could be martyrs against government tyranny?
Great chart and legend. I cannot wrap my head around the fact that almost half of the state of Nevada’s land will be sold
TatonkaJack on
Why is there nothing for sale in Montana?
Jenetyk on
Best part is: I’m sure there isn’t any means for an average person with means to try and buy any of it. This is all being done back-door and was agreed upon long ago.
dispo030 on
apart from that being a trerrible decision – wouldn’t the sudden influx of supply also collapse land values?
![% of US State Land Available For Sale in the "One Big Beautiful Bill" [OC]](https://www.byteseu.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/8p2ocemv9t7f1-1536x945.png "% of US State Land Available For Sale in the “One Big Beautiful Bill” [OC]")
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Acreage for sale (numerator) and map were sourced from here – [https://www.wilderness.org/articles/media-resources/250-million-acres-public-lands-eligible-sale-senr-budget-reconciliation-package](https://www.wilderness.org/articles/media-resources/250-million-acres-public-lands-eligible-sale-senr-budget-reconciliation-package)
Total land area by state (denominator) was sourced from wikipedia – [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_area](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_area)
The graphic was made with R(ggplot) and Powerpoint
Confusing title and key. These aren’t state lands, they’re federal public lands.
Edit: These lands aren’t available for sale. They’re potentially eligible for sale. Also, citing your data sources is absolutely critical here.
Hey Idaho, how ya liking Trump so far?
So only on the west coast?
Stealing land you own to sell it to corporations. Utah republican legislators keeps losing Court Decisions to overrule the vote of the people and sell it anyway. Disgusting greedy pigs.
what i’d really like is for someone with experience reading this legislation to ballpark the actual projected sales. by my reading, the maximum might be 0.75% of both BLM and USFS land total over 5 years (close to 2M acres), or that same maximum percentage every 60 days. there is no practical pathway to administratively handle that many sales every 60 days, so i think the legislation is prompting total auction listings over 5 years of 2M acres or less.
if however they actually somehow were to list 0.75% of the “disposable” lands every 60 days and somehow sell every auction slate (again, this would be physically/administratively impossible, but let’s imagine) that would leave approximately 20 auctions during the remainder of trump term #2. and would total a maximum of 1.9M * 20 = ~38M acres.
again i want to reiterate that such a massive sell-off would be impossible given the language in the bill, and the nature of our court system. but i could see them hitting the 1M acre mark after 3.5 years. realistically the republicans don’t even aim for that — they want maybe on the order of ~100k acres that theyve had their eyes on for years in utah, idaho, and wyoming, and this hugely exaggerated power play is their way of covering up the much smaller (but still enormous) play they’ve been aiming at for the past decade.
feel free to read pages 30-40:
https://www.energy.senate.gov/services/files/DF7B7FBE-9866-4B69-8ACA-C661A4F18096
though the pages on mining and logging leases are likely to fly more “under the radar” but cause potentially more damage.
I imagine a lot of that could be turned into beautiful state and national parks 🙁
Good visual though, especially the bar chart on the left. I had no idea it was such a large percentage of some states.
Oh cool! So now Cliven can stop freeloading and purchase his own land in Nevada, right? Right……?
🦗
Selling out america. Billionaires will buy it all up.
I just got back from a trip in Reno, Nevada and saw a herd of wild horses literally right in our back yard on the outskirts of the city. This administration is evil beyond recognition.
Out of absolutely EVERYTHING that DJT will do; this is the worst imo.
If the Democrat’s had any nuts they’d announce they will be acquiring it under legislation as soon as they are able to. Put the buyers off.
Hopefully California buys it all and protects it
Just curious, if bought, what’s to be built out there? It’s not like you can farm.
Great, I was just thinking the billionaires needed to own more of the country.
Each state should buy their land, ruin the feds plan
Sooo what’s left of Native land in this area and national park land?
Billionaires are struggling, we need to help them out.
Here’s how to keep this from happening:
Install the free 5calls app. It will help you call your Rep and Senators, and will give you a script to read (pick the sale of public land issue near the bottom of the big beautiful bill topics).
If you can, call every day, especially if you have a Rep or Senators that are (R).
Enjoy the National Parks while you can. Feels like it’s not gonna be long before China owns a large portion of the US.
Montana: F U, we’re not for sale.
How much is the land closest to Area 51?
Even if you thought this was a good idea, surely its a bad idea to sell it virtually all at the same time, flooding the market with cheap government land? Like damn, sell a 100 acres every week for the next… 600 years
Nevada idaho utah oregon, literally 4 of my 5 favourite states. Fuuuuuuucckkkk. I live right on the ID/WA border 🙁
Nevada is going to get bought up for water rights and turned into alfalfa farms. See what happened in Arizona and go from there.
Trump wants to sell the people’s land and pocket the bribes all along the way.
All about selling America
No idea what this is or what the acronyms mean.
This incredibly sad for two reasons. First one is pretty obvious, that’s OUR land and it should remain protected and available for reasonable recreational purposes. Second is that I haven’t seen ANY stories about this… It is a HUGE amount of land.
Just the name of the bill shows how fucking stupid our country is
Think of all the parking lots you could have
I wonder if the state and county laws for taking one tree and planting two would apply in Oregon.
America’s for sale
And you can get a good deal on it
And make a healthy profit
NOFX
It’s not just about how much but where the land is. Everyone that I know that camps, skis, climbs, hunts and fishes does it in one of the areas for sale. This is an issue more that 75% of Americans are against and yet it is still in the bill. Call your reps if they’re Republican and let them know how irate you are.
Looks like a bunch of land once occupied by Indigenous people….
The whole thing is disgusting & obscene. Temba, his bones shattered.
The graphic is very helpful. Any way there might be a high res version of the map. A lot of USFS patches around me going up for sale—burns Frosty’s gourd
Insulting and anti-american.
A handful of politicians trying to take away your land and your freedom to access that land. Absolutely pathetic.
Teddy Roosevelt is rolling in his grave.
Man, this congress is fucking stupid.
Remember that time right-wingers cared about public lands and took over a national wildlife refuge and begged the government to Waco them so they could be martyrs against government tyranny?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation_of_the_Malheur_National_Wildlife_Refuge
Great chart and legend. I cannot wrap my head around the fact that almost half of the state of Nevada’s land will be sold
Why is there nothing for sale in Montana?
Best part is: I’m sure there isn’t any means for an average person with means to try and buy any of it. This is all being done back-door and was agreed upon long ago.
apart from that being a trerrible decision – wouldn’t the sudden influx of supply also collapse land values?