As if the sparsely populated Rocky Mountain west needs more land for housing developments

 

The population of Wyoming is 587,618.

 

Its area is 97,913 square miles.

That's 6 people per square mile, compared to 95 nationwide.

Headline:  New York Times, 6/27/2025

Maxine Joselow reports:

“I’m a Republican, and yes, I did vote for Trump,” Mr. Hanes said in a phone interview while hiking near his Oregon home. “But I didn’t vote for this. I didn’t vote for selling millions of acres of public land.” 

Mr. Lee’s proposal would require the Bureau of Land Management to sell as much as 1.225 million acres of public property across the American West. Proponents have said the region has a severe shortage of affordable housing and that developers could build new homes on these tracts.

This silly defense holds no water.

Related post:

Wyoming State Rep. Karlee Provenza to U.S Senator Mike Lee:  "You're a jackass".  (6/27)