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Land Exchange Update
Yup, it's the only newsletter in the country that deals with federal land exchanges and the sundry projects hacking away at our precious public domain.
You can download past and current issues of our newsletter, Land Exchange Update, by selecting them from the list below.
Vol. 1 No. 1, Autumn 1997 Another land grab hits the West ... Sometimes, land exchanges serve the public interest, but in recent years, skepticism has grown about the increasing number of exchanges that seem to serve corporate interests. 164KB, in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format. Vol. 2 No. 1, Winter 1998 Why are federal land trades so popular? There are certain things on which the federal government doesn't like to spend money, and one of them is the protection of our land ... 297KB, in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format. Vol. 2 No. 2, Late Summer 1998 Forest Service feels the pressure. In response to a request from the Western Land Exchange Project, the US Forest Service has agreed to launch an internal review of appraisals conducted for the Huckleberry, I-90, and Crown Pacific land exchanges in the agency's Pacific Northwest Region. ..126KB, in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format. Vol. 3 No. 1, Winter 1999 Groups Sue Forest Service on Crown Pacific Exchange
Plum Creek Land Deal Passes as Rider
Land Exchange Project Calls for Moratorium
Inspector General Promises Expanded Investigation of Swaps
Seattle Times Runs Investigative Series
and other news. ... 328KB, in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format.
Vol. 3 No. 2, June 1999 Court Halts Logging on Land Traded to Weyerhaeuser...The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals handed down a major victory for Pilchuck Audubon, the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, and land exchange critics everywhere with its decision calling for further study of the Huckleberry Land Exchange...A bad land trade in Idaho is temporarily scuttled...Crown Pacific settles to avoid a lawsuit....and News from All Over...2002KB, in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format.
Vol. 4 No. 1, April 2000 Settlement Cuts Critical Lands from I-90 Exchange...Two new publications from WLXP...Babbitt is ready to deal more Utah public land...Lawsuits filed over swap near Grand Canyon...OMB proposal would put National Forest land up for sale...725 KB, in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format.
Vol. 5 No. 1, Winter 2001 GAO Slams Land Trades...Desert Citizens win big in Ninth Circuit ...Huckleberry back to the drawing boards...big Freedom of Information win for WLXP...Project update...Bad deals on Steens Mountain...180 KB, in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format.
Vol. 5 No. 2, Autumn 2001 WLXP and Others Challenge Nevada Land Sale...Three recent court victories for land-trade mavens...Huckleberry denouement...WLXP sues on mine expansion land trade...Why we don't love Cong. Jim Hansen...WLXP hires staff attorney...2226 KB, in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format.
Vol. 6 No. 1, Autumn 2002 Swell deal is a $100 million rip-off ...Experts denounce BLM appraisal practices...Memory loss spurs Nevada development...Barbara Dobos, public lands heroine ...Martins Cove legislation stalls in Senate...WLXP finds developer setting up shop in Nevada BLM office...Hard-fought Yavapai Land Exchange fails in Senate...California land giveaway melts after front-page exposure...If the people lead
The Leaders will follow...WLXP seeks grazing ban on lands acquired by exchange Transitions...Please help us meet this matching-grant challenge!...321 KB, in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format.
Vol. 7, No. 1, Summer 2003 Lawsuit filed on Kentucky land swap
More muck raked on San Rafael Swell
Idaho conservation groups making bad deals with ranchers
BLM cant get it right in Nevada
WLXP saves taxpayers another $14K
Vol. 7, No. 2, Fall 2003 Meet the people who are safeguarding your public land
Congress doles out the public domain
Feeling the pinch
Help us design the first WLXP t-shirt
Vol. 8, No. 1, Spring 2004 WLXP court victory throws wrench in BLM land sale
Quid pro quo wilderness in eastern Nevada
More dastardly plans for public lands
Meet our new Program Coordinator, Joanne Hedou
Vol. 8, No. 2, Summer 2004 Nevada delegation rolls out huge land privatization bill
Huge state-federal trade proposed in Montana
WLXP & friends appeal exchange in Idaho forest
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Vol. 8, No. 3, Winter 2004 LWCF: Fund for federal land purchases is unraveling
Court upholds Kentucky land trade that eases access for mining
WLXP protests another bad deal in Nevada
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