Public lands belong to everyone. They are America’s wild backyard. The 22-million-acre Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem is more than 70 percent public, encompassing two national parks, five national forests, national wildlife refuges, Bureau of Land Management parcels, and more. These lands are where we hike, hunt, fish, camp, explore, and play with our families and friends.
These lands represent more than acreage. They are livelihoods, traditions, heritage, and a home away from home for the people who love them — the faces of public lands.
Hear from folks who live here and folks who visit about the public lands they love, and what public lands mean to them.
What do public lands mean to you?
Right now, members of Congress are working on a plan to sell off our national public lands — these same lands that shape family vacations, birthday traditions, childhood memories, your first fishing trip, your first night spent in a tent.
Once these lands are sold to the highest bidder and developed, we will never again have access to them again.
Share your own story today. Tell Congress what public lands mean to you, and to stop the sale of public lands.