Public Lands for Sale in Eagle County – Contact Our Senators Today!

Update 6/26

Thankfully, for now, our public lands are not going up for sale! However, there is still an ongoing effort to revise the public land sale proposal which would eliminate Forest Service land from being sold and focus on selling BLM lands within 5 miles of population centers.

This still means that beloved public lands surrounding Eagle and Gypsum that contain 100+ miles of trails and critical wildlife habitat could be put up for sale.

Please continue to take action and contact your representative expressing your love and value of our public lands.

The Outdoor Alliance has more information and a great, easy tool to contact your representative here: https://www.outdooralliance.org/blog/2025/6/25/senator-mike-lee-revives-push-to-sell-public-landstargeting-close-to-home-recreation-areas

Posted 6/19

80% of lands in Eagle County are public lands. This totals around 880,000 acres of BLM and USFS public lands.
 
The bill currently before the Senate puts at risk 64% — more than 565,000 acres — of public lands in Eagle County by opening them up for potential sale.
 
These large swaths of public lands include beloved trail and recreation opportunities including:
 
▪️ Eagle’s trail systems
▪️ North Trail, Son of Middle Creek, Buffehr Creek, and more
▪️ Two Elk, Cougar Ridge, Game Creek, Whiskey Creek, Paulie’s Plunge
▪️ Vail Mountain and Beaver Creek ski areas
▪️ South of Eagle including Red Table, Ironedge, Sneve Gulch, McKenzie Gulch, Salt Creek
 
 
What can you do? The Outdoor Alliance has a great, easy tool to share your voice with our Senators. You can also view a full nationwide map of public lands that would become available for sale here: https://www.outdooralliance.org/blog/2025/6/16/33millionacres-publicland-selloffs-map/?ms=map
 
Our public lands and trails are a vital part of our community. Now is the time for all of us to take action, speak up, and ensure they remain protected for today and for future generations.

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