As the Senate continues to comb through the Big Beautiful Bill, 258 million acres of public land across the western U.S., including large swaths of California, could soon be eligible for sale. A map published by the Wilderness Society, a nonprofit land conservation organization, reveals which parcels of land across 11 states would be up for grabs, in accordance with the land sale proposal detailed by Sen. Mike Lee, a Republican from Utah and the chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. If the budget is passed by the July 4 deadline, an estimated 16 million acres in California are at risk of being sold over the next five years. Those vulnerable parcels of land include areas adjacent to Yosemite National Park, Mount Shasta, Big Sur and Lake Tahoe. … In all, up to 3 million acres across all states would be authorized to be sold out of 258 million eligible acres across the West.

Other public land sale news:

• WyoFile (Lander, Wyo.): Map shows iconic Wyoming landscapes could be developed under GOP budget, land sale plan​
• Arizona Daily Star (Tucson): Parts of Sabino Canyon, Mt. Lemmon, others could be sold under Senate bill
• The Denver Post (Colo.): These Colorado public lands could be eligible for sale under Republican budget bill
• E&E News by Politico: Committee limits use of public lands in reconciliation