The federal government owns over half of all land in western America. This is not only unfair, it is not working. Some of this land can and should be transferred to the states so it can be tended with greater care and accountability. Restoring the balance and strengthening the local voice in public land management will lead to better outcomes in environmental quality, economic productivity, recreational opportunity and social harmony. A variety of historic, legal, economic, political and environmental factors support the viability of transferring certain federally controlled public lands to the States
Sixty-four percent of the land in Idaho is administered by the federal government. This report answe...
Today, the land ownership map of the West in many places resembles a crazy quilt, without reason or ...
Disputes over public land rights have a long history in the United States. But the past 18 months ha...
The Wildlife Society should oppose the transfer of federal lands to the states or their sale to priv...
Like the sagebrush rebels before them, today’s transfer advocates feel left behind by evolving publi...
Fully a third of the land area of the United States is owned by the federal government. Although man...
Utah’s legal claims to federal land grow out of its statehood enabling act. Since similar statutory ...
Federal land management has, and continues to be, an issue among private, state, and federal institu...
Recent legislation passed in March 2012 in the State of Utah — the “Transfer of Public Lands Act and...
Recent legislation passed in March 2012 in the State of Utah—the “Transfer of Public Lands Act and R...
A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Since 1781, th...
Increasing interest in the federally owned lands by individuals and groups repre-senting a broad cro...
A distinction must be made between the management objectives established by law for federal public l...
U.S. Federal government is an owner of more than 28% of area of the country. This has a big impact o...
This White Paper, the third in a series assessing state efforts to take over federal public lands, a...
Sixty-four percent of the land in Idaho is administered by the federal government. This report answe...
Today, the land ownership map of the West in many places resembles a crazy quilt, without reason or ...
Disputes over public land rights have a long history in the United States. But the past 18 months ha...
The Wildlife Society should oppose the transfer of federal lands to the states or their sale to priv...
Like the sagebrush rebels before them, today’s transfer advocates feel left behind by evolving publi...
Fully a third of the land area of the United States is owned by the federal government. Although man...
Utah’s legal claims to federal land grow out of its statehood enabling act. Since similar statutory ...
Federal land management has, and continues to be, an issue among private, state, and federal institu...
Recent legislation passed in March 2012 in the State of Utah — the “Transfer of Public Lands Act and...
Recent legislation passed in March 2012 in the State of Utah—the “Transfer of Public Lands Act and R...
A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Since 1781, th...
Increasing interest in the federally owned lands by individuals and groups repre-senting a broad cro...
A distinction must be made between the management objectives established by law for federal public l...
U.S. Federal government is an owner of more than 28% of area of the country. This has a big impact o...
This White Paper, the third in a series assessing state efforts to take over federal public lands, a...
Sixty-four percent of the land in Idaho is administered by the federal government. This report answe...
Today, the land ownership map of the West in many places resembles a crazy quilt, without reason or ...
Disputes over public land rights have a long history in the United States. But the past 18 months ha...