So, what’re we going to do about it?

For those of us raised here—and raising our kids here—this land isn’t just scenery. It’s salmon smoke on the deck in the fall. It’s venison, halibut, and bear meat in the freezer all winter. It’s snowshoeing with your aunties, picking blueberries with grandma, teaching your kid to cast a fishing pole where your dad taught you. This is generational knowledge. This is how we feed our families. It’s how we stay connected to each other, to tradition, and most importantly to the land itself.

If they sell it, we don’t get it back. And neither do our kids, our grandkids, our great grandkids.

This “One Big Beautiful Bill” is a proposition to sell not just a little bit of land here or there. We’re talking MILLIONS of acres—public lands across the country, and right here at home in southeast Alaska too.

Members of our government are pushing for the sale of up to 3.2 million acres of public land. That includes some of our wildest, most beautiful, most meaningful places—fishing spots, hunting grounds, trails, rivers, forests. Places we take our kids. Places our grandparents fought to protect. Places that feed our families.

And the worst part? They’re doing it quietly, without hearing the public, and without a clear plan for who will actually benefit.

What could this mean for Southeast Alaska?

Potential for 82.8 thousand acres of wild, promising, cherished, Alaskan land.…sold off. More luxury development. Less local access. These sales aren’t about helping us build homes—we’re talking about outside investors buying up land for lodges and resorts and tourism attractions. Fewer places to fish, hunt, hike, and teach our kids. Private gates going up where our favorite trails used to be. Damage to salmon streams, wildlife, and subsistence culture.

This land belongs to all of us. It’s not “extra.” It’s not “excess.” It’s home. It’s culture. It’s our way of life.

So What Are We Going to Do About It?

1. We’re Gonna Make Noise.

Call your local reps. Email your senators. Show up at community meetings. This bill is big, and the only way to stop it is if they hear from a lot of us.

2. We’re Gonna Talk About It.

Tell your friends. Bring it up at the dock, the grocery store, your kid’s soccer game. People care—they just need to know what’s happening. Share a map. Share this post. Make it real.

3. We’re Gonna Back our tribal councils

Tribal governments have always protected the land. Support their efforts to stop the sale and keep ancestral places intact.

4. We’re Gonna Push for Transparency.

We deserve to know what land is being sold, who’s buying it, and what’s planned. No more backroom deals. No more “trust us.”

5. We’re Gonna Vote Like It Matters.

Because it does. Look at who supports this bill, and who’s fighting for public land—and remember it come election time.

This bill could lead to the biggest public land sell-off in modern U.S. history.

But this isn’t just a headline.

It’s our land. Our streams. Our stories. Our kids’ future.

We have a say. And we’re not going to let them take it without a fight.