Stop Direct Sale of the Reversionary Interest in a

The groups on this fight

4 groups work Nevada

By footprint, from the same match the STAND matchmaker runs; none is linked to this decision in our record yet. Give straight to them; nothing routes through us.

• Center for Biological Diversity

  Works Nevada: sued the Bureau of Land Management in March 2024 over its failure to complete the overdue management plan for Basin and Range National Monument..

• Friends of Nevada Wilderness

  Works Nevada: campaigned for the 2015 designation and petitioned Nevada's governor and senators to remove Basin and Range from the federal monument review..

• Friends of Red Rock Canyon

  Works Nevada: they work only in Nevada.

• Tahoe Rim Trail Association

  Works Nevada: nevada is one of the 2 states they work in.

Every group above is on STAND for Public Lands, with its court record, its filings and who backs it.

The BLM's Las Vegas Field Office is proposing to sell its reversionary interest in a 480-acre parcel in Jean, Nevada to the State of Nevada for $50.6 million. The land was originally patented under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act, meaning it was set aside for public benefit, but this sale would allow the State to repurpose it for commercial development and private leases. It's a direct, non-competitive sale under FLPMA, so there's no public bidding process.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Las Vegas Field Office (LVFO) has determined that the reversionary interest held by the United States in a 480-acre parcel of land previously patented under the Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) Act in Jean, Nevada, is acceptable for direct sale (without competition) to the State of Nevada (State), pursuant to section 203 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, as amended (FLPMA). Selling the reversionary interest would allow the State to repurpose the lands for economic development through the construction of commercial facilities and potential future lease…

Federal Register 2026-04724 ↗

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