T 2: Federal Land Exchanges
Acquiring lands with economic potential for the beneficiaries. Other Information:
Measurement: Federal Land Exchanges 1998 The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Exchange: • Part 1. The sale of 200,000
acres of trust lands inheld in National Parks, recreation areas, national forests, and Native American Reservations for $50,000,000
cash and $13,000,000 in future federal coal production. • Part 2. The exchange of 177,000 acres of trust lands inheld in the
newly designated Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument for 140,000 acres of federal lands including lands with large
reserves of natural gas and coal. 2000 The West Desert Land Consolidation Exchange: The exchange of 106,000 acres of trust
lands inheld in Wilderness Study Areas and desert tortoise habitat for 107,000 of federal surface and mineral lands.
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