Map of Public Lands Eligible for Sale in New Bill is Concerning for Anglers

Click here to view the full, scalable map. By way of The Wilderness Society

Final week, we posted about how conservation organizations are raising alarm about Senate Republicans on the Power and Pure Sources Committee releasing a proposal to promote between 2 million and three million acres of public land. A abstract and evaluation of the the invoice by The Wilderness Society contains a map of lands that could be on the auction block, and in case you love fishing within the West, it ought to provide you with pause.

• Public lands eligible on the market within the invoice embody over 250 million acres, together with native recreation areas, wilderness research areas, inventoried roadless areas, important wildlife habitat and massive sport migration corridors.
• The invoice directs what is probably going the most important single sale of nationwide public lands in fashionable historical past to assist reduce taxes for the richest individuals within the nation. It trades extraordinary People’ entry to outside recreation for a short-term payoff that disproportionately advantages the privileged and well-connected.

Click here for the full story at wilderness.org

Click on these hyperlinks to make use of your voice to oppose sale of those lands at:

Trout Unlimited

Backcountry Hunters & Anglers

Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership