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Nationall Parks Traveler reported

More than 100 environmental and conservation groups are urging U.S. lawmakers to reject a potentially renewed proposal to allow the sale of public lands.

The groups sent a letter Monday to Senate leadership in response to reports of a push by Sen. Mike Lee, a Republican from Utah, to reintroduce a public lands sell-off plan as part of the Budget Reconciliation Bill. A similar provision was dropped from the bill in the House in May. That amendment would have allowed for public lands sales in four Nevada counties and one in Utah, including areas near Zion National Park.

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