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Public Lands Sell-Off May Go Nowhere

Public Lands Sell-Off May Go NowherePosted by Hillary Rosner on March 25, 2006 - 10:03am.

Many residents of the Rocky Mountain West have been up in arms lately over the President's plan to sell off public lands. Their new hero may be an unlikely one: Idaho Republican Senator Larry Craig, who said he won't let the plan make it through his Senate subcommittee.

Craig, who controls the Senate Subcommittee on Public Lands, believes selling public lands is bad policy. His spokesman told a reporter, "I don't really see it going anywhere in Congress."



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