"In June, a long-standing effort to sell off massive chunks of federal land grew closer to fruition than ever before when a provision mandating such sales was slipped into President Donald Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill." The bill passed, and selling public lands easily could have followed. But it didn't, largely due to a fierce public outcry led not just by pro-public land progressives but by a surprisingly broad coalition that included horseback riders, ATVers, backpackers, birdwatchers, hunters, anglers and tribal nations"
"Months later, pieces of that coalition continued to hold together. But not all of it, said Land Tawney, co-chair of American Hunters and Anglers, citing the administration's recent attempts to overturn the Roadless Rule, which restricts road construction and logging on nearly 60 million acres of land managed by the U.S. Forest Service. "There's a lot of people who aren't speaking up about the Roadless Rule that did speak up about public lands," he said."
A provision to sell federal lands was inserted into President Donald Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill" in June, and the bill passed. A broad coalition of horseback riders, ATVers, backpackers, birdwatchers, hunters, anglers, tribal nations and others mounted a fierce public outcry that prevented widespread land sales. Months later parts of that coalition remained united on land issues, though some groups did not mobilize around proposed changes to the Roadless Rule. Land Tawney noted that many who opposed land sales have not spoken up about the Roadless Rule. David Willms began explaining factors behind why the proposal faltered.
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