Just outside the valley, the map shows areas behind Frenchman Mountain, along with areas of Sunrise Mountain. To the northeast, a parcel along U.S. 95 between Las Vegas and Indian Springs is shown.

That 250 million acres of public lands are at risk can be hard to visualize. The Wilderness Society made an interactive map, showing both the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service ...

Now, a new map from the Wilderness Society shows some of the specific parcels that could be sold to private interests, with no input from the public, if the Senate’s proposal were to pass.

If passed, the legislation would require the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service to sell off between 0.5 and 0.75 percent of their land holdings in 11 Western states, including ...