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    'Marvel'ous auction in Idaho

    Conservationist Jon Marvel loses bid to rancher at a state-land grazing auction in Idaho Falls.

  • Book Reviews

    Are the feds land-grabbers?

    A General Accounting Office report on federal lands acreage reveals conflicting statistics.

  • Book Reviews

    BLM accepts eco-challenge

    A controversial "Eco-Challenge" race through Utah's canyon country is approved by the BLM despite much opposition from environmentalists.

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    Unranchers get competitive

    Environmentalists try to lease state lands that usually are given to ranchers.

  • Feature

    The Great Basin: America's wasteland seeks a new

    The Great Basin has often been seen as a wasteland, but now new visions are defining the region.

  • News

    R.S. 2477 detoured again

    Department of Interior delays deadline for resolving a dispute over R.S. 2477, which encourages road building on public lands.

  • News

    Race alarms public; methane project doesn't

    Public ignores proposed coal-bed methane project while commenting loudly on cross-country race in Utah.

  • News

    Bidding war shakes up Idaho grazing leases

    Ranchers bid against each other and the Idaho Watersheds Project for grazing leases on Idaho state land.

  • Book Reviews

    Especially expensive agents

    A Department of Interior audit accuses BLM's law enforcement division of extravagance.

  • Book Reviews

    Delay again for R.S. 2477

    Department of Interior extends its comment period on R.S. 2477.

  • Related Stories

    BLM: The Next Generation

    Listed officials of the BLM

  • News

    The BLM: New faces and new attitudes

    New appointees at the BLM reflect a change in the agency.

  • News

    Enviros sue state land board

    Environmentalists sue state land board to institute "truly competitive bidding" on leases of state-owned land.

  • News

    Ranchers blamed for transfer of BLM veteran

    BLM land manager Darrel Short blames ranchers for forced transfer.

  • Book Reviews

    No new roads

    Interior Department proposes new rules for highway-building on public lands.

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