At one point in the late 1970s the Nevada Legislature claimed 49 million acres that was/is under federal control...Sagebrush Rebellion. I can’t seem to find out what happened (legally) or if it was just sort of “ignore it, it will go away” which obviously didn’t really work out that way.
So many think Bundy is off his rocker to claim that land belongs to Nevada, I spent some time in Nevada during the Rebellion and I can tell you most ranchers believed it should have been/was state, not federal land. It is an issue that has been simmering for years.
What do you know about the Sagebrush Rebellion Tammy mentioned?