By Holly Fretwell and Shawn Regan

There is a great divide in the United States. Land in the East is mostly privately owned, while nearly half of the land in the West is owned by the federal government. In recent years, several western states have passed, introduced, or considered resolutions demanding that the federal government transfer much of this land to state ownership. These efforts are motivated by local concerns over federal land management, including restrictions on natural resource development, poor land stewardship, limitations on access, and low financial returns.

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Stop Public Land Sales, Start Studying Transfer; Letter: What are Public Lands?; Battle Brewing Over Changes to Public Land Rules; Thompson Falls Lawmaker Presents Bill Transferring Federal Land Management to State; Editorial Board: Discussion Needed on State Land Use; Bedke Says Law to Extend Federal Lands Committee Coming.

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Obstruction or Obligation? The Case for and Against Environmental Litigation; Federal Land Bill Calls for Expansion of Red Rock Canyon; National Forest Looks to Cut Public, Private Boundaries for Project.

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Exploring Public Land Transfers; Idaho Panel Calls for Collaboration on Federal Land Takeover; Public Lands Transfer Legislation Advances in Wyoming Legislature; Land Commissioner says his Office Could Manage Federal Lands; Committee Weighs Benefits on Transferring Federal Land to State; Viewpoint: Halting Public Land Sales, Studying Land Transfer Next Step for Montana; Time to Fulfill State's Land-Grant Promise; US Rep. Zinke: It's Time to Take a Stand on Public Lands.

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Federal Lands Fight Continues as Session Starts; Bills in Play to Improve Access to Public Lands; Bushman: Environmentalists and Public Lands.

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The South Carolina Resolution for the Transfer of Federal Lands; New Mexico Lawmaker: State, Not Feds, Should Manage its Land; Studying Public Land Transfer Next Step for Montana; Editorial: Nevada Representatives Propose Anti-Babbitt Bill; Federal Land Ownership Not Supported by Constitution; This Federal Government Land Grab Would Permanently Lock Up Millions of Alaska Acres with Energy Potential.

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Bills Target Federal Land Ownership in State; States Challenge Federal Control of Western Lands; Rural Counties Dealing with Loss of Federal Dollars; Congress Not Looking Out for Rural Communities; Republicans Warn Obama Against More National Monuments in Nevada.

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Washington State Introduces Legislation to Fight Federal Landgrabs; How the Feds Lied to Help Kill an Oyster Business in California; Federal Bureau of Land Management Chief Michael Herder Settling into New Position in Ely.

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Forest Land Management Plan 'Inadequate' says Larson; USU, WSU Professors to Speak on Utah Public Land Report Controversy; Federal Land Transfer Debate Hits the Legislature.

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Timber County Payments Fall After Expiration of Subsidy; Utah-Based Group Pushing to  Transfer Federal Land to States; Forest-thinning could help prevent another year of destructive fires; Utah Considering Lawsuit in Attempt to Reclaim Federal Lands; NW Sheriff: Fix the Forests!