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Over 14M acres of public land in Colorado could be for sale in proposed bill: study

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DENVER (KDVR) — A proposed bill could put millions of acres of public land up for sale, based on a new study, and that includes areas in Colorado.

The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources released legislative text to be considered as part of Senate Republicans’ budget reconciliation bill. After a revised version of the bill was released, a non-profit group warned that this means millions of acres of public land across the country could be for sale.

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The Wilderness Society, a non-profit organization in Denver, released a study finding that over 250 million acres of land across the country would be eligible for sale if this bill passes, including local recreation, wilderness study and inventoried roadless areas.

How much public land is eligible for sale under bill

The study said it used data from the Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Service, National Park Service, U.S. Geological Survey and the reconciliation bill text as of June 14 to find how much eligible land could be for sale.

Here's what could be for sale:

While this bill could leave millions of acres for sale, it would be taking just over 3 million acres across the country.

Here's how much land could be available in the eligible states:

Public lands eligible for sale in SENR bill
StateTotal Acreage Available for SaleUSFS Acreage Available for SaleBLM Acreage Available for Sale
Alaska79,491,53115,944,52563,547,006
Arizona14,423,9678,421,8476,002,121
California16,682,60711,170,1965,512,411
Colorado14,352,6329,384,4154,968,217
Idaho21,685,82313,287,9598,397,864
Nevada33,580,6243,527,28030,053,344
New Mexico14,312,0746,479,5027,832,572
Oregon21,745,3809,889,29811,856,082
Utah18,746,7096,096,36012,650,349
Washington5,371,6905,027,438344,252
Wyoming14,940,2345,311,1199,629,116
Total255,333,27394,539,939160,793,334
Courtesy of the Wilderness Society. Data updated June 16, 2025, based on disposal criteria in the version of the legislation that was leaked on June 14, 2025.

This comes after the 69-page document requested a "Mandatory disposal of Bureau of Land Management land and National Forest System land for housing."

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It said the Secretary of Agriculture is to dispose of no less than 0.5% and no more than 0.75% of National Forest System and Bureau of Land Management land for local housing needs, including housing supply and affordability.

The areas said to be at risk in Colorado can be found on a map on the Wilderness Society's website. It includes areas near Aspen, Vail, Gunnison, Arapaho National Forest, Independence Mountain and several other areas across the Front Range.

USFS and BLM aren't providing a comment on the bill.

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