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Agencies Have Submitted
Nominations under the
State-Level Process, But
None Have Resulted in a
Land Acquisition
In addition to the acquisitions in the secretarial initiative, the agencies
have submitted 14 acquisition nominations valued at $71.1 million to statelevel
interagency teams for consideration, but not one has resulted in a
completed acquisition. Of the $14.1 million in land acquisitions awaiting a
secretarial decision, $13.7 million, or 97 percent, is for inholdings and
$458,000 million—or 3 percent—is for adjacent land. Table 5 shows the
data we gathered from BLM state offices on the status of the nominations
that have been submitted.
Table 5: FLTFA Land Acquisition Nominations Reviewed by State-Level Interagency Teams, as of May 31, 2007 a
Agency
BLM
State
Federally
designated area
Arizona Hells Canyon
Wilderness
California Coachella Valley
Fringe-Toed Lizard
Area of Critical
Environmental
Concern
Nevada Red Rock Canyon
National
Conservation Area
Nevada Humboldt-Toiyabe
National Forest
New Mexico Gila Lower Box
Area of Critical
Environmental
Concern
New Mexico Continental Divide
National Scenic
Trail
Forest
Service
New Mexico Elk Springs Area of
Critical
Environmental
Concern
Nevada Humboldt-Toiyabe
National Forest
Nevada Humboldt-Toiyabe
National Forest
Inholding or
adjacent land Acres
Requested
amount b
State-level
interagency
decision
If approved, status
of secretarial
approval, as of
November 30,
2007
Inholding 640 $3,000,000 Approved Not yet submitted
Adjacent 301 458,000 c Approved Pending
Inholding 80 16,015,000 Approved Approved
Adjacent 320 29,126,000 Approved Withdrawn
Adjacent 1,880 2,055,000 Denied d
Inholding 5,000 1,530,825 Denied e
Inholding 2,280 1,810,000 Approved Pending
Inholding 320 1,230,000 Approved Approved f
Inholding 385 3,530,000 Approved Approved f
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