Local governments take sides in transfer-of-federal-lands debate
As Wyoming lawmakers study transferring the management of federal lands to the state, local governments line up on opposing sides.
Ken Ivory
The taxpayer money that fuels federal land transfer demands
The behind-the-scenes lobby group American Lands Council gets some of its funding from taxpayer dollars.
Wildfires could bankrupt states if they acquired federal tracts — report
Western states are ill-equipped to take ownership of federal lands because of the spiraling cost of fighting wildfires on national forests
