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Senate committee hears plan to identify low‑value federal lands for transfer, with public meetings promised
Summary
At a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing, lawmakers pressed a cabinet secretary on when a public list of federal lands being considered for sale or transfer will be available. The secretary said the effort is at a proposal stage, pledged public meetings, and warned that poor data on visitation and land value will slow decisions.
At a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing, a committee member asked when the public will be told which federal lands are being considered for sale or transfer and whether there will be public meetings before any offers are made.
The secretary replied that the plan remains at a proposal stage and said officials have screened federal holdings for parcels of “low value for recreation, mineral resources, etcetera” that are adjacent to fast‑growing population centers. The secretary said those parcels are most likely to be in states with high percentages of federal land, naming Idaho, Alaska, Utah and Nevada.
The committee member urged use of an existing framework, the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act, and pointed to a Southern Nevada statute as a local model. The committee member asked…
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