Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago
Mike Lee's amendment to the "Big Beautiful Bill" could lead to the largest sell off of federal public land in American history. If this version of the Senate Reconciliation Bill is passed, 3 million acres of public land in America are mandated to be sold, which is bad enough by itself, but the bill's deliberately vague language includes the possibility of a further 250 million acres being sold off to the highest bidder. 11 Western states are included: Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, Nevada, California, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and Alaska. We have to do everything in our power to stop this blatant theft of the American people's land. Here are some Action Items to Sign:
Contact your Senators:
senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm
5calls.org/issue/public-land-sales-budget-reconcilliation
Take Action Here:
act.npca.org/page/84652/action/1?ea.tracking.id=actioncenter0617&_ga=2.212096658.78119551.1750615657-458337109.1735747173
action.outdooralliance.org/a/reconciliation-public-lands-3
act.wilderness.org/a/senaterec-june25-web?_ga=2.234046489.680122600.1750531970-1421478076.1748897122
suwa.quorum.us/campaign/126972
Sell-Off Map:
wilderness.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=821970f0212d46d7aa854718aac42310
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Sources and Resources:
Bill Text: energy.senate.gov/services/files/DF7B7FBE-9866-4B69-8ACA-C661A4F18096
wilderness.org/articles/media-resources/250-million-acres-public-lands-eligible-sale-senr-bill
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Mike Lee's amendment to the "Big Beautiful Bill" could lead to the largest sell off of federal public land in American history. If this version of the Senate Reconciliation Bill is passed, 3 million acres of public land in America are mandated to be sold, which is bad enough by itself, but the bill's deliberately vague language includes the possibility of a further 250 million acres being sold off to the highest bidder. 11 Western states are included: Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, Nevada, California, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and Alaska. We have to do everything in our power to stop this blatant theft of the American people's land. Here are some Action Items to Sign:
Contact your Senators:
senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm
5calls.org/issue/public-land-sales-budget-reconcilliation
Take Action Here:
act.npca.org/page/84652/action/1?ea.tracking.id=actioncenter0617&_ga=2.212096658.78119551.1750615657-458337109.1735747173
action.outdooralliance.org/a/reconciliation-public-lands-3
act.wilderness.org/a/senaterec-june25-web?_ga=2.234046489.680122600.1750531970-1421478076.1748897122
suwa.quorum.us/campaign/126972
Sell-Off Map:
wilderness.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=821970f0212d46d7aa854718aac42310
Support me on Patreon: patreon.com/c/nationalparkdiaries
Follow me on Instagram: instagram.com/nationalparkdiaries
Follow me on Threads: threads.com/@nationalparkdiaries
Sources and Resources:
Bill Text: energy.senate.gov/services/files/DF7B7FBE-9866-4B69-8ACA-C661A4F18096
wilderness.org/articles/media-resources/250-million-acres-public-lands-eligible-sale-senr-bill
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![[NEW SERIES] He Was the First Person to Lead the Park Service | Park Profiles: Stephen Mather](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mvNAWrbN05s/mqdefault.jpg "[NEW SERIES] He Was the First Person to Lead the Park Service | Park Profiles: Stephen Mather
Exciting new video this week! Im debuting a new series on the channel called Park Profiles, where Ill be discussing some of the most important people involved with National Parks and conservation through the years. My intention with this series is to help you all become familiar with some of the most seminal park people and use these videos as filler/reference videos for some of the other stories Ive already told and will tell on the channel. I dont always get to fully flesh these people out in regular videos due to time constraints and story flow, so I hope this series will help ameliorate some of that problem - and of course introduce you to some pretty cool people who have played a huge role in protecting National Parks around the world!
To start off with, of course, I had to go with Stephen Mather, the first director of the National Park Service and the man most responsible for shaping the Service as we know it today.
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Sources and Resources:
https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NHLS/66000877_text
https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/sontag/mather.htm
https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/albright2/pdf/ch4.pdf
https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/the-national-parks/stephen-mather
https://todayinconservation.com/2020/03/july-4-stephen-mather-founding-director-of-the-national-park-service-born-1867/
https://vault.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/people/mather.aspx
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-guest-room/201803/the-triumph-manic-mather
https://archive.ph/20130223091425/http://www.aapra.org/Pugsley/MatherStephen.html
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National Park Service
Library of Congress
Save the Redwoods League
Yosemite Research Library
Mather Homestead
Cal Alumni Association
DH Hubbard Collection
Bancroft Library")
