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Western Lands 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.

Click the newsletter, left, or here, to read the current issue. You can download past issues of our newsletter, Western Lands 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
...Martin’s 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 can’t 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…Show your love for public lands…We Cover the West!

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 News Supporters…Land Exchange Process

Vol. 9, No. 1, Spring 2005 WLXP sues over Mormons’ de facto control of public site…Mining company seeks congressional land deal in Arizona…Nevada lands sold without court-ordered analysis… Everybody has plans for Las Vegas land sale money…Congratulations to Mayor-elect and WLXP member Tony Gioia

Vol. 9, No. 2, Summer 2005 WLXP is now the Western Lands Poject…Defending a cornerstone of environmental law…Highlights & achievements…Congressman seeks to trade land that holds endangered plant…Idaho land deal would cut away Sawtooth land and protections…Black River Redux …We need your help with a matching challenge!

Vol. 9, No. 3, Fall 2005 Congress tells Forest Service it can sell off public assets…Park Service denies permit for unwanted telephone system…Blue Mountains EIS candidly discloses effect on old growth …Help us meet the challenge of the Cinnabar Foundation…Public lands at risk

Vol. 9, No. 4, Fall/Winter 2005 House budget bill pushes multimillion-acre land grab…Do this NOW!…Help us stop CIEDRA!

Vol. 10, No. 1, Spring 2006, Land grabs abound… Task Force pushing changes to National Environmental Policy Act… Will you make a financial commitment to the Western Lands Project?

Vol. 10, No. 2, Fall 2006, Western Lands Project sues over illegal Nevada land trade…Privatization bills: enough is enough

Vol. 11, No. 1, Spring 2007, Western Lands Project: Ten Years Defending Public Lands… Recent Developments in the Law… Onward!

Vol. 11, No. 2, Fall 2007, A principled stance on behalf of public lands… Western Lands clears first hurdle in Coyote Springs lawsuit… Quickies!

Vol. 12, No. 1, Spring 2008, Arizona congressman indicted in connection with land deals… Land swap proposed in Alaska’s Yukon Flats NWR… Colorado exchange halted by court… Quickies!