WHEREAS, The citizens of states affected by federal land management are adversely impacted by reduced public access, degraded environmental quality and depressed economic productivity resulting from federal mismanagement on a high percentage of public lands within their State;

WHEREAS, Countless hours have been devoted by state citizens and their locally elected representatives to work with federal agencies to improve conditions on federally controlled public lands, to little or no avail;

WHEREAS, The states have the greater motivation to be accountable to their people to ensure multiple use, public access, reduction of pest and wildfire threat, environmental quality, and support of compatible livelihoods and recreational activities;

WHEREAS, The Federal Government owns 80% of wild lands and violating said care if the the land;

WHEREAS, In 2024 US Senator Jacky Rosen proposed a land bill (which was never assigned a number), but with opposition still passed the Washoe County Commissioners;

RESOLVED, That the Nevada Federation of Republican Women opposes the transfer of state land to Federally controlled land.

Adopted at the Nevada Federation of Republican Women Spring Board Meeting Las Vegas, Nevada, April 13, 2024