The Senate provision would make some federal land available for affordable housing projects while avoiding development on national parks and other wilderness areas.

The Senate proposal, which could greatly affect outdoor recreation in the West, is facing strong pushback from conservationists, Democrats and MAGA supporters.

Republican Utah Sen. Mike Lee is actively working to dispel what he calls "falsehoods" surrounding his proposal to sell ...

Utah Sen. Mike Lee is defending his proposal to sell off up to 3 million acres of public lands, saying pushback is driven by ...

Lee and Rep. Celeste Maloy are defending the proposal after conservation groups launched campaigns to try to stop it ...

Once a rallying cry, now a reality. A controversial proposal to require the sale of a fraction of a percent of federally owned public lands isn’t moving forward. U.S. Sen. Mike Lee, a Utah Republican ...

Berry believes that Sen. Lee's sell-off provision would violate his own state's constitution. "Utah disclaimed any ownership rights to federal lands when they entered into the Union [in 1896]," he ...

More than 18 million acres in Utah managed by the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management could be eligible for sale under a Senate bill.

Proponents say the land would be used for much-needed housing, but environmental groups say eligible areas could include those treasured by communities in the Mountain West.