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.

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.

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 ...

For public-land advocates, defeating the Senate Energy and Natural Resources’ budget draft, which contains the public-land sale language, is the biggest fight of their careers. “Anybody who supports ...

Political insiders now say there’s a real chance the intense opposition to the bill that requires the sale of 3 million acres of federal land in the West could result in it being pulled. Or, it could ...

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 ...