LAST EDITED ON May-05-18 AT 07:26PM (MST)[p]Don't know what the parcels look like but I'm sure they are close to Ely or another town. It's part of the White Pine County Conservation, Recreation and Development Act of 2006, what we call here a county lands bill. The local governments pick out some lands they need for economic development and in turn they get a bunch of wilderness areas declared. Actually selling those lands takes years. As long as everyone can agree on which lands should be sold and which should become wilderness it's not a bad deal. In this case there were half a million or so acres put in wilderness. It's hard to get everyone to agree but it's usually sort of a consensus. I know there have been lands bills in a few counties and a couple more are in process. It's a much better way to satisfy the need for some private land for growth than what the sagebrush rebellion people want. 430 acres in White Pine County is a pretty small amount.
Eel, if Elko County had their way the entire county would be turned over and for sale. The Kock brothers and the Chinese would be the only ones who could afford it.
