In May, the House of Representatives passed their reconciliation bill. Thanks to many of you who spoke up, an amendment to sell half a million acres of public lands in Nevada and Utah was removed from the bill before passage. Unfortunately, the bill passed with other harmful provisions including efforts to do away with commonsense oil and gas reforms, greatly expand drilling on public land, eliminate critical agency funding and roll back protections for the Boundary Waters in Minnesota.
Now, the Senate is drafting their own reconciliation budget bill, and we have a new need and opportunity to advocate to the Senate to drop these provisions and to ensure that public land sales are kept OUT of this and future legislation.
With the lack of public process and transparency, budget reconciliation is not the right place to make consequential decisions about our public lands and watersheds. Please join Trout Unlimited in telling your Senators to stand up for public lands and coldwater resources. We've provided a draft message for your Senators, but please feel free to add or create your own personalized narrative.
