What Does the Quality of Public Land Imply for Federal Land Transfers?
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INTRODUCTION Ownership of the public domain has long been a contentious issue between Western U.S. states and the federal government. The recent armed confrontations at Nevada’s Bundy Ranch and Oregon’s Malheur Wildlife Refuge are simply one manifestation of western frustration. Within the last five years the legislatures of seven Mountain West states (Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming) have all passed or debated legislative actions aimed at transferring control of federally-administered public lands to the states.
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