How does the BLM select land that might be sold?
Through its land-use planning process, the BLM identifies parcels of land for potential sale that fall into one of the following categories: • scattered and isolated tracts that are difficult or uneconomical to manage; • tracts acquired by the BLM for a specific purpose that are no longer needed for that purpose; or • land where disposal will serve important public objectives, such as community expansion and economic development. The growing cities and towns of the West are spreading closer or even next to once-remote BLM-managed public lands. As a result, the public in general – and Westerners in particular – appreciate the open space guaranteed by BLM. For that reason, the agency considers its land sales even more carefully than in the past.
