Stopping the Sale of Our Public Lands
Public lands are the heart of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Wildlife need wide-open spaces to thrive and locals and visitors alike enjoy the outdoor opportunities to hike, fish, ski, and more. Our love of public lands is something all of us can agree on.
We LOVE our public lands. GYC staffers can always be found exploring the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and beyond.
Right now, members of Congress are considering a plan to sell-off national public lands.
We need you now more than ever to send an email or make a call to your member of Congress telling them that our public lands are not for sale. They’re not for sale today – they won’t be for sale ever.
Once large pieces of our national lands are sold to the highest bidder and developed, the public will never again have access to our lands for outdoor recreation, ranching, hunting, fishing, and the family traditions treasured by millions of Americans.
Luckily, we already have some support in Congress that opposes this ridiculous plan.
Montana Senator Steve Daines and Rep. Ryan Zinke are standing up against the idea of selling off our public lands, and we need Idaho and Wyoming members of Congress to do the same thing.
“I’m opposed to the sale of public lands,” Sen. Daines said on Wednesday, April 2, 2025.
“I have made clear: There are some things I won’t do,” Rep. Zinke told E&E News/Politico. “I will never bend on the Constitution, and I won’t bend on selling our public lands.”
We applaud Daines and Zinke for taking a firm stance against the sale of public lands. Now, we need you to call and email your representatives to make sure they hear loud and clear that our public lands are not for sale or a bargaining chip in budget negotiations.
National public lands and all that they support are essential to our way of life. Please join me in telling Congress to protect our cherished public lands and vote against any effort to sell them.
In your letter to your representatives, make sure to include why public lands are important to you. After you’ve made your voice heard, please share it with your social circles. The more comments we send and calls we make, the stronger we are.
Thank you for all you do for the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and public lands across the country. Together, we can protect our public lands for years to come.
—Scott Christensen, Executive Director (Bozeman, Montana)
