> I would like more lands open up for use, but not for sale like this. <
Bingo. If the land is truly something special (a national treasure), rent out the mineral and logging rights. And demand good stewardship. But do not sell it.
Either the federal government should long-term lease the land, sell some of the land or operate the land as a private landowner. Too much federal land in an area stifles economic growth. It makes privately owned land too expensive for the middle class to purchase. It increases the chance of wildfires because the government does not harvest trees or even clean up dead trees. The federal government does not agressively clean up and replant burned areas. It sounds great to have land protected from development, but in my area it is always the federal forests that spread wildfire and endanger whole communities. I am sick of their mismanagement or what can better be called no mamagement of the land.