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Alaska’s public lands are under attack. Politicians are pushing plans to sell off millions of acres to extractive industries while gutting the National Park system that gives all Americans access to these iconic places.
Here’s a roundup of recent coverage on the growing threat to our public lands:
June 11, 2025
Backcountry Hunters & Anglers
Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) is rebuking a sweeping new proposal released by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee that would force the sale of up to 3 million acres of public lands under the guise of a solution to the housing crisis.
July 2, 2025
Wrangell Sentinel
The U.S. Forest Service will seek to repeal a rule that has effectively blocked the logging of almost a third of America’s national forests, including acreage in the Tongass National Forest in Southeast Alaska, Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins told a meeting of Western governors on June 23 in New Mexico.
June 26, 2025
KTOO
A mandate to sell millions of acres of public land was struck from the Republican budget reconciliation bill that’s moving through the U.S. Senate this week. That’s after the Senate parliamentarian ruled on Monday that the public land sales didn’t clearly affect the budget. But some parcels of land might make it back into the bill.
July 6, 2025
The Durango Herald
Public lands should remain public; there’s no question about that. As someone who deeply values our public lands and the opportunities they provide for hiking, ranching and economic development, I am in full agreement with my colleagues who are frustrated by the federal government’s mismanagement of these lands.
June 13, 2025
Energy & Environment News by Politico
Montana Republicans say they don’t like the sales proposal in the megabill, but their state is exempted, and they did not draw red lines.
June 13, 2025
Outside
On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate added a mandate to the budget bill to sell enormous swaths of public land managed by the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management.
June 13, 2025
Colorado Sun
A new provision to the Trump administration’s Big Beautiful Bill requires the Forest Service and BLM to sell up to 3.3 million acres of federal land in 11 Western states for local housing.
June 12, 2025
New York Times
Senate Republicans want to sell the land to build more housing in the West, but the idea is contentious even within their own party.
June 12, 2025
Energy & Environment News by Politico
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee’s offering takes a new approach to land sales and doubles down on the House’s plans to repeal unused climate law money.
May 21, 2025
USA TODAY
Staffing cuts at Alaska’s national parks will save taxpayer dollars. But also likely to limit land management, visitor experience.
May 6, 2025
The New York Times
For more than 100 days, congressional Republicans tolerated many extreme actions by the Trump administration and its supporters. Last week, however, one member of the House decided to take a stand.
March 20, 2025
Anchorage Daily News
Our national parks contribute $2.3 billion in economic activity here. Yet, tourism is one of the sectors that Trump is targeting through massive federal employment layoffs.
Below are some additional resources we’ve compiled on the history of protections for Alaska’s public lands.