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  • Congressman calls for sale of federal land to fund hurricane relief

    09/22/2005 7:27:29 PM PDT · by cf_river_rat · 40 replies · 873+ views
    Summit Daily News - Frisco, CO ^ | September 21, 2005 | By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
    DENVER - U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo on Wednesday called for the sale of federal land to fund Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. "The federal government may be cash-poor but it is land rich. There is demand for farm and ranch land, and the federal government should have long ago transferred its massive holdings to the private sector, where it can be put to use," the Colorado Republican said in a statement. He introduced a bill in Congress requiring the Interior Department to sell 15 percent of the federal land it controls, excluding national parks and Indian land. The Agriculture Department also...
  • ?Federal/State-owned Land?

    08/09/2003 9:22:26 PM PDT · by Susannah · 9 replies · 266+ views
    Does anyone know a site that lists the amount of acres of Federal Lands by state? I've seen conflicting reports on land preserves. One report I read said California had 20 million acres. Another report said 77 million acres. I've also heard the total for the USA is 900 million acres.