Coverage dated November 11, 2026

Trump administration proposes sale of federal lands in new plan

Headline from Deseret News

The Department of the Interior released its five-year s trategic plan on Nov. 10 — and it highlights how and to whom federal lands will be sold. According to the plan, the land will be offered to state, local and tribal governments for purchase in efforts to reduce the size of federal land and overh…

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  1. Bangor Daily News

    Trump administration to pursue public land sales and a decrease in federal ownership (opens Bangor Daily News)

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    BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration wants to sell public lands to states, tribes and local governments as part of an effort to “decrease the size of the federal estate,” according to a new five-year plan presented by the Interior Department.

  2. KOB 4

    Trump administration wants to sell public lands and shrink the federal estate (opens KOB 4)

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    President Donald Trump’s administration wants to sell public lands to states, tribes and local governments as part of an effort to “decrease the size of the federal estate.” That is according to a new five-year strategic plan from the Interior Department.

  3. WDIO Duluth

    Ticker – Trump public land sale (opens WDIO Duluth)

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    President Donald Trump’s administration wants to sell public lands to states, tribes, and local governments as part of an effort to “decrease the size of the federal estate.”

  4. Salt Lake Tribune

    The Trump administration has a plan to sell off federal lands (opens Salt Lake Tribune)

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    “This so-called strategic plan is straight out of Secretary Burgum’s vulture capitalist playbook. He looks at our public lands and sees a balance sheet — nothing more than tradeable assets and potential profits,” said California Rep. Jared Huffman.

  5. The Hill

    Trump administration announces new plan to sell public lands (opens The Hill)

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    The Trump administration is planning to sell some public lands in the years ahead, it announced this week. The Interior Department “will work to decrease the size of the federal estate by offering to states, localities and Tribes the opportunity to purchase federal lands,” said a new strategic depar…

  6. Bloomberg

    Trump Plans to Sell Public Land, Reducing Size of Federal Estate (opens Bloomberg)

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    The Trump administration has formally said it plans to sell public lands as part of a plan to reduce the size of the federal estate.

  7. Anchorage Daily News

    The Trump administration wants to sell public lands and shrink the federal estate (opens Anchorage Daily News)

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    The proposal drew quick pushback from some lawmakers, including Trump’s former Interior secretary, Republican Rep. Ryan Zinke.

  8. Deseret News

    Trump administration proposes sale of federal lands in new plan (opens Deseret News)

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    The Department of the Interior released its five-year s trategic plan on Nov. 10 — and it highlights how and to whom federal lands will be sold. According to the plan, the land will be offered to state, local and tribal governments for purchase in efforts to reduce the size of federal land and overh…

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