I-Team finds serious problems in Nevada's public land report

A task force believes Nevada could reap hundreds of millions of dollars annually if it can wrest control of vast chunks of federal land. Nevada legislators armed with the report from the Nevada Land Management Task Force are expected to ask Congress for more than 7 million acres, and that's just for starters. What this potential change could mean for hunters, hikers and others who have had unfettered access to public land remains unknown. But is the report slanted? Nevada has tried many times before, either through requests, demands or threats, to gain control of more public land from federal agencies that oversee more than 80 percent of the acreage within state boundaries. Other western states have done likewise, but the heat has really been turned up in recent months. A closer look at the task force report shows that it uses many of the same arguments and specious evidence that have been advanced across the West. While some arguments in favor of the land swap are persuasive, the 8 News NOW I-Team found serious problems with the study...more