Conservation advocates press candidates on public lands

SUZANNE POTTER
Nevada News Service
Sep 9, 2016

... Nevada became known for its strong anti-federal government sentiment after the 2014 standoff at the Bundy Ranch. In 2015, the state Legislature passed a joint resolution asking the feds to transfer public lands to the state, but the Secretary of the Interior declined. However, when citizens submitted public comments online about that resolution, 90 percent were against it.

Robert Gaudet, president of the Nevada Wildlife Federation, said the state has a poor track record when it comes to managing public lands.

“When they became a state, they were given 2.7 million acres,” Gaudet said. “We only have 3,000 acres left. They sold everything else off” ...

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