Trump Public Land Sales
FILE - A view of the suburbs of Las Vegas from atop the Stratosphere tower looking west down Sahara Ave., towards the Spring Mountains, Feb. 9, 2005.
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President Donald Trump’s administration wants to sell public lands to states, tribes and local governments as part of an effort to “decrease the size of the federal estate.” That is according to a new five-year strategic plan from the Interior Department. The document does not give details on the scope of the potential sales. Some members of Congress last year sought to sell or transfer vast tracts of land in Utah and Nevada. The effort failed amid bipartisan opposition. The Interior Department oversees about 20% of U.S. land, putting it at the center of a decades-long debate over whether the government controls too much land.
