In Colorado, the bill would open the door for the sale of portions of the 8.3 million acres managed by the BLM and the 16 million acres managed by the Forest Service.

His revised proposal, released on June 25, would sell up to 1.2 million acres of BLM land. The new plan would require the sale of between 0.25 and 0.5 percent of BLM land.

The sale of federal public lands in the West is back on the menu as the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources released its portion of the chamber’s budget reconciliation package. The ...

The latest version of the text would require the disposal of between 0.25% and 0.5% of Bureau of Land Management land in 11 Western states, including Colorado, where it manages 8.3 million acres.

Colorado has more than 24 million acres of federal land, which is about 36% of the state's total area. The BLM manages 8.3 million acres, and the Forest Service manages 16 million acres.

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee's bill calls for the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service to sell off up to 3.3 million acres in Colorado and 10 other western states ...

How much public land is eligible for sale under bill The nonprofit’s study said it used data from the Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Service, National Park Service, U.S. Geological ...