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In the Media
Current events
McCain pushed land swap that benefits backer
(Washington Post, May 9, 2008)
Huge land swap proposals in doubt due to Renzi upheaval (Arizona Republic, March 18, 2008)
Concrete legislative favors unclear in Rep. Renzi case
(The Hill, February 26, 2008)
After the land deals, will there be wilderness left to protect? (Salt Lake Tribune guest column, February 23, 2008)
Environmentalists out on a limb
(Western Lands Project boardmember Erica Rosenberg, Los Angeles Times, January 24, 2008)
When Harry met Vegas
(Conde Nast Portfolio, February 2008)
Betting on the house: In Las Vegas, the BLM puts cheap land on the table for affordable housing
(High Country News, November 26, 2007)
Judge lets lawsuit against Coyote Springs proceed
(Las Vegas Review-Journal, September 27, 2007)
Not So Slick, Rick: Congressman Renzi's big land-swap fibs are finally catching up to him
(Phoenix New Times, May 3, 2007)
New Hill dynamic could mean daylight for wilderness (Environment & Energy Daily, February 27, 2007)
Reid's `Dead-of-Night' Maneuvers on Measure Contradict Pledge (Bloomberg News, December 15, 2006)
Federal western land deals keep money at home
(Morning Edition, National Public Radio, November 16, 2006)
Reservoir Hogs: As Utah and Nevada fight over water, some worry the West will turn into a new dustbowl
(Salt Lake City Weekly, October 26, 2006).
Wilderness designation trade-offs faulted
(Washington Post, September 24, 2006)
A home on the range where developers can play: White Pine County bill among challenged land swaps
(Las Vegas Sun, September 15, 2006)
Late-session push on wilderness bills splits enviro community
(Environment & Energy Daily, September 13, 2006)
80 groups oppose Dixie lands act
(Deseret News, September 13, 2006)
Advocates sue over Nevada land exchange
(Los Angeles Times, August 29, 2006)
Desert Connections
(Los Angeles Times, August 20, 2006)
(Oregonian, August 8, 2006)
States find local use for federal land profits
(All Things Considered, National Public Radio, June 27, 2006)
Eyes in the West are on federal land sale
(Los Angeles Times, June 6, 2006)
Land-swap bill is gaining support
(Deseret News, May 26, 2006)
Bennett aims to end land feud
(Salt Lake Tribune, March 27, 2006)
Public acres for sale (High Country News, March 6, 2006)
Land sale plans stir up some dust
(Salt Lake Tribune, February 26, 2006)
Land sale plan stirs debate
(Casper Star-Tribune, February 11, 2006
Wild times for wilderness: CIEDRA gets a whole lot of love and hate (Boise Weekly, February 8, 2006)
The privatization greenwash
(San Francisco Bay Guardian, January 4-10, 2006)
Wilderness protection often comes with trade-offs attached (Environment & Energy Daily, January 20, 2006)
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Blaeloch: Public needs to pin Simpson down on Central Idaho wilderness bill
(Op-ed, Idaho Statesman, January 30, 2006)
Privatizing the American West
(New York Times editorial, November 26, 2005)
Some fear a vast sell-off of U.S. land
(Los Angeles Times, November 16, 2005)
Land transfers draw more ire: Seattle group says CIEDRA land gifts should be 'roundly rejected.'
(Idaho Mountain Express, June 1, 2005)
Idaho wilderness bill would give local governments land, money (Associated Press, May 19, 2005)
Land exchange refloated in House
(Salt Lake Tribune, May 10, 2005)
Land swap unravels: Failed bid for public-private trades cost taxpayers $6 million
(Eugene Register-Guard, April 24, 2005).
Past trades reveal lopsided exchanges
(Eugene Register-Guard, April 24, 2005).
ACLU Sues Over Mormon Lease on Land
(Los Angeles Times, March 10, 2005)
ACLU sues to block Martin's Cove lease
(Casper Star-Tribune, March 10, 2005)
Winnings hard to split in Nevada land sales
(Los Angeles Times, March 6, 2005)
New orders guiding federal land exchanges
(Salt Lake Tribune, January 8, 2005)
Arizona land swap dogged by questions
(High Country News, March 1, 2004)
BLM to auction Mesquite land
(Las Vegas Sun, February 3, 2004)
McCain receives earful on land trade
(Arizona Daily Sun, December 7, 2003)
Public land-swaps reveal firm’s clout: Some question fees, fairness (Denver Post, November 7, 2002)
Controversial firm gets OK to build plant
(Las Vegas Sun, September 19, 2003)
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Water piracy and wilderness politics threaten Nevada public lands
Lincoln County land sale nets $47.5 million
(Las Vegas Sun, February 10, 2005).
Late ruling lifts environmental groups' injunction
(Las Vegas Review-Journal, February 10, 2005)
Congress Approves Nevada Public Lands Bill
(Los Angeles Times, November 18, 2004)
Stretching the boundaries: Land hunt expands beyond the Las Vegas Valley (Las Vegas Review-Journal, August 3, 2004)
Senator's bill would help friend's development plan
(Los Angeles Times, June 25, 2004)
Lincoln land bill draws criticism
(Las Vegas Sun, June 24, 2004)
Proposed Lincoln County development ripped
(Las Vegas Sun, June 17, 2004)
Opinion: Blame BLM corner cutting for delay in Lincoln County land sales (Las Vegas Review-Journal, April 18, 2004)
EDITORIAL: Putting people last: extremists give Lincoln County the shaft
(Las Vegas Review- Journal, March 26, 2004)
LINCOLN COUNTY: Land sale put on hold: Judge orders BLM to complete environmental impact statement
(Las Vegas Review Journal, March 25, 2004)
Federal judge blocks BLM land sale in Lincoln County
(Las Vegas Sun, March 25, 2004)
Projects could bring untapped water to LV within three years (Las Vegas Sun, February 27, 2004)
In plan, LV taps into Lincoln County water
(Las Vegas Sun, February 24, 2004)
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San Rafael land exchange cancelled! Interior officials implicated in corrupt land deal
Scandal-tainted worker was BLM teacher
(Salt Lake Tribune, December 31, 2003)
Clarke had Utah dealings despite recusal
(Salt Lake Tribune, November 17, 2003)
BLM boss's Utah ties part of probe
(Salt Lake Tribune, July 25, 2003)
Inspector General: Utah land swap was lopsided, would have cost federal taxpayers
(Associated Press, July 24, 2003)
Administration cancels swap of federal land with Utah
(Washington Post, July 24, 2003)
Senator Reid's land-deal dynasty
Wheeling and dealing in Idaho
Land talks heat up over Owyhee canyonlands
(Thrive, July 31, 2003)
Janine Blaeloch and Katie Fite: Owyhee negotiations could produce a dubious 'win-win' situation
(Idaho Statesman guest column, July 26, 2003)
Conservationists warn against Owyhee deal
(Salt Lake Tribune, July 13, 2003)
Panel on brink of Owyhee Canyons deal: Compromise on protection won't please everyone
(Idaho Statesman, July 12, 2003)
Deal in works to transfer public land to county in Idaho
(Salt Lake Tribune, June 23, 2003)
Preserve-grazing swap sought
(Salt Lake Tribune, June 17, 2003)
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WLXP sues on Kentucky land trade
BLM land trades mired in investigations, scandals
Review shows land exchange appraisal flaw
(Salt Lake Tribune, May 24, 2003)
BLM addresses Utah land swap
(Santa Fe New Mexican, January 27, 2003)
San Rafael do-over chills BLM
(Salt Lake Tribune, January 20, 2003)
Interior asks for more time to study Utah land proposal (Salt Lake Tribune, December 20, 2002)
Key BLM appraiser in Utah deals transferred
(Salt Lake Tribune, October 18, 2002)
A U.S. agency is accused of collusion in land deals
(New York Times, October 12, 2002)
Review accuses BLM of land-swap politics
(Deseret News, October 11, 2002)
Interior Department reviews land exchanges
(Associated Press, October 11, 2002)
Norton ordered to probe Utah land swap
(Washington Post, October 1, 2002)
Land swap probe ordered
(Salt Lake Tribune, October 1, 2002)
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Another Utah rip-off exposed
Hansen slips land swap through House
(Deseret News, October 2, 2002)
House passes land swap (Salt Lake Tribune, October 2, 2002)
San Rafael proposal amended
(Salt Lake Tribune, September 13, 2002)
Schools would gain little in land swap
(Salt Lake Tribune, September 30, 2002)
BLM lists risks of land deal
(Salt Lake Tribune, August 31, 2002)
EDITORIAL: Cannon fodder
(Salt Lake Tribune, August 22, 2002)
EDITORIAL: Land exchange/a troubling example from Utah (Minneapolis Star Tribune, August 22, 2002)
U.S. ignored appraisers in land deal with Utah
(Washington Post, August 19, 2002)
BLM agent seeks safety for talking
(Salt Lake Tribune, August 20, 2002)
Whistle-blower says Cannon trying to punish him
(Deseret News, August 21, 2002)
BLM whistleblowers are standing up for American taxpayers (Salt Lake Tribune op-ed, August 4, 2002) responding to...
Critics of land deal protecting their turf
(Salt Lake Tribune op-ed, July 28, 2002)
Utah-U.S. land swap runs into roadblock
(Deseret News, July 25, 2002)
Critics blast land-swap deal (Deseret News, July 19, 2002)
Land-swap deal under fire (Salt Lake Tribune, July 19, 2002)
WLXP helps scuttle national forest giveaway
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Mormon Church maneuvering for control of Wyoming public land
Setting the stage for a giveaway?
(Casper Star Tribune, May 14, 2003
Group opposes Martin's sale
(Deseret News, November 14-15, 2001)
Hansen's sale logic questioned
(Salt Lake Tribune, May 7, 2002)
No sale for Martin's Cove
(WLXP op-ed, Casper Star Tribune, May 19, 2002)
Cubin: missed vote due to traffic
(Casper Star Tribune, June 20, 2002)
More News
Environmental groups sue BLM to stop Lincoln County land sale (Associated Press, June 27, 2002)
"Olympic Snowjob," the story of the scandalous Snowbasin land exchange that slid through Congress on the greased skids of the Olympic Games.... Hear the Western Land Exchange Project on National Public Radio. Weekend Edition, February 3, 2002. To listen to the 8 1/2 minute program, download the QuickTime Player and then click here to select the report from NPR's web page
US agency accused of inflating land appraisals
(Los Angeles Times, December 20, 2001)
BLM appraiser will keep his job
(Deseret News, December 19, 2001)
2 groups want BLM official out
(Deseret News, December 3, 2001
Huge land swap OK'd
(Seattle Post-Intelligencer, November 21, 2001)
EDITORIAL: No bidders for Lincoln land: Delaying tactics by environmentalists stifles BLM auction
(Las Vegas Review-Journal, October 22, 2001)
Lincoln County land auction fizzles
(Las Vegas Review-Journal, October 13, 2001)
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Big bidders stay quiet at auction of Lincoln land
(Las Vegas Sun, October 15, 2001)
CFV back on legal ropes
(Arizona Daily Sun, September 19, 2001)
Environmental group calls for land-trade reform
(Las Vegas Sun, July 27, 2000)
"The future of land swaps," a radio program from Seattle's KUOW, July 26, 2000. Features WLXP director Janine Blaeloch, Rep. Jay Inslee, and Undersecretary of Agriculture Jim Lyons. To listen, download the QuickTime audio player, then select the program from KUOW's webpage here
Ruling opens swap documents; decision may change how land deals are made
(Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA, July 25, 2000)
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GAO report blasts land exchange programs
Guest column: Land trades fraught with problems
(Seattle Post-Intelligencer, July 25, 2000)
Editorial: Let's make a land deal
(Washington Post, July 15, 2000)
Land exchange program hurts public, GAO says (Washington Post, July 13, 2000)
Auditors call for end to agencies' land swaps
(The Review-Journal, Las Vegas, July 13, 2000)
U.S. loses in land deals, auditors say
(Los Angeles Times, July 13, 2000)
Rep. Miller urges halt to swaps of U.S. land; audit finds private interests reap huge profits
(San Francisco Chronicle, July 13, 2000)
Audit details improper practices by Forest Service, BLM (Seattle Times, July 13, 2000)
Land swap critics resist ban (Seattle Times, July 14, 2000)
Utah West Desert Land Exchange
Trouble in St. George
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And elsewhere....
SPI's agreement to suspend logging has holes
(The Union, Nevada City, CA, April 22, 2000
Odd allies shake up Weyerhaeuser
(Seattle Post-Intelligencer, April 19, 2000)
Environmentalists move to block sales of public land proposed in Clinton plan (Wall Street Journal, February 11, 2000)
Clinton proposal to buy, sell land draws suspicion (Spokesman-Review, February 16, 2000)
Snowbasin Land Exchange
For an excellent archive of news stories and other information on the Snowbasin land exchange deal, visit Save Our Canyons, a group dedicated to the protection of Utah's Wasatch Mountains.
Bruce Babbitt, land dealer
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Interstate-90 Land Exchange
New Plum Creek land-exchange deal pleases environmentalists (Seattle Times, November 4, 1999)
Plum Creek drops two parcels from land exchange (Columbian, November 4, 1999)
Land swap to exclude Watch Mountain
(Longview Daily News, November 4, 1999)
Timber firm, U.S. agree to land deal
(Seattle Post-Intelligencer, November 3, 1999)
Deal struck on I-90 exchange
(Associated Press, November 2, 1999)
Plum Creek sues activists over land swap
(Seattle Times, October 17, 1999)
Buy or shrink? Greens split on land swap
(Seattle Times, September 1, 1999)
Who is watching plants and animals in forests?
(Seattle Post-Intelligencer Editorial, August 10, 1999)
Eager for land deal, feds missed rare birds
(Seattle Post-Intelligencer, August 9, 1999)
Bird foils big timberland swap (Seattle TImes, July 22, 1999)
Trading Away the West: a Seattle Times investigative series on land exchanges
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Spokesman-Review on Clearwater's Idaho Land Trades
Details of land swap emerge: land costing $1.55 million later sold to public for $8.75 million (Spokesman-Review, August 29, 1999)
Idaho group urges caution in land swaps; public should know what it's giving up, says former Forest Service worker (Spokesman-Review, May 18, 1999)
Group wants moratorium on land swaps; speaker tells forum that taxpayers inherit problems (Spokesman-Review, May 9, 1999)
Idaho land broker withdraws proposal (Spokesman-Review, March 31, 1999)
BLM wants to ax huge land swap; deal involves agency land, but managers left out of discussion (Spokesman-Review, March 30, 1999)
Past ripoffs stir concern about land swap; federal investigator points out deals that left Forest Service on the short end (Spokesman-Review, March 28, 1999)
Huge land swap proposed; Idaho broker crafts trade that may involve 2 million acres (Spokesman-Review, March 16, 1999)
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Huckleberry Land Exchange
Huge land swap OK'd (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, November 21, 2001)
Forest swap put on hold: Court says exchange favored Weyerhaeuser (Seattle Times, May 20, 1999)
It's back to drawing board for land swap (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, May 20, 1999)
Court blasts Forest Service land trade; Weyerhaeuser ordered to stop logging (Spokane Spokesman-Review, May 20, 1999)
Court seeks reevaluation of Weyerhaeuser land swap (Seattle Times, May 19, 1999)
Weyerhaeuser tells court it's too late to revoke USFS land swap (Seattle Times, March 11, 1999)
USFS refuses to reconsider Weyerhaeuser land deal (Seattle Times, March 8, 1999)
Miscellaneous Articles
Green vs. Green: Environmentalists clash over CFV as no-compromise idealism collides with pragmatic search for solutions (Arizona Daily Sun, November 22, 1999)
Proposed swap of Catawba land falls through (Roanoke Times, June 4, 1999)
Feature article: Wheeling and dealing (High Country News, March 29, 1999)
USDA official questions land deal (The Roanoke Times, March 25, 1999)
Catawba surveys questioned officials to review Forest Service claim of no significant archaeological sites (The Roanoke Times, December 2, 1998)
Congress' land swap will be first of many, conservationists fear (Seattle Times, November 1, 1998)
Catawba land-swap investigation expanded; inspector validates concerns of residents (The Roanoke Times, October 11, 1998)
USFS inspector expands investigation of land deals (Seattle Times, October 8, 1998)
Land swaps under scrutiny (Seattle Times, August 28, 1998)
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More Resources
Here are some links to newspapers that cover land exchanges. Many have searchable archives. Recommended key terms are "land exchange," "land swap" and/or the names of agencies and corporations involved in trades. Note: a few papers require that you subscribe to a service to download archives. In these cases, you will have to pay a small fee to download an article in its entirety.
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