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Table 3: BLM Reported Planned FLTFA Sales, through 2010
appendix III provides a complete listing of the planned sales that BLM
state offices reported.
Modified
Total
BLM state office Competitive Direct competitive Undetermined planned sales Total acres
Arizona 3 2 1 2 8 2,640
California 1 4 0 0 5 251
Colorado 1 15 0 1 17 136
Idaho 2 13 1 0 16 4,242
Montana 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nevada 17 7 1 0 25 14,570
New Mexico 7 2 0 0 9 1,273
Oregon/Washington 0 0 0 0 0 0
Utah 1 4 1 0 6 412
Wyoming 2 5 2 1 10 1,880
Total 34 52 6 4 96 25,406
Source: GAO analysis of information reported by BLM state offices.
Notes: Total acres column does not add due to rounding. An estimate of the expected total revenue
from these sales was not available because all fair market values were not reported by the state
offices.
Figure 5 shows an example of a planned sale—the “North Fork” parcel to
be sold competitively in April 2008 by the field office in Las Cruces, New
Mexico. This 167-acre parcel is on the eastern edge of Las Cruces across
the street from residential subdivisions. BLM also plans to sell a similar
adjacent 180-acre parcel at the same time. The field office reported that
the purpose of these sales is to dispose of land that will serve important
public objectives, including but not limited to, expansion of communities
and economic development, which cannot be achieved prudently or
feasibly on land other than public land.
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