The bill would have required the Bureau of Land Management to sell up to 1.2 million acres within five miles of population ...

The new plan would require the sale of between 0.25 and 0.5 percent of BLM land. In Colorado, 8.3 million acres of land are managed by the BLM, meaning between 20,750 and 41,500 acres in the state ...

The proposal would designate between 1.2 million and 1.8 million acres of Bureau land for sale, and between 811,000 and 1.2 million acres of Forest Service land. In Colorado, the sales could ...

Summit County helps show why Lee’s plan now appears moribund. Even where people are desperate for affordable housing, opposition to selling public lands, potentially for housing, was widespread from v ...

Over 14M acres of public land in Colorado could be for sale in proposed bill: study by: Maddie Rhodes. Posted: Jun 23, 2025 / 12:22 PM MDT. Updated: Jun 23, 2025 / 06:29 PM MDT.

When a GOP senator proposed using federal land for affordable housing, right-wing forces revolted to protect what they see as a symbol of American greatness.

More than 14 million acres in Colorado managed by the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management could be eligible for sale under a Senate bill.