[pct-l] sell millions of acres of public land

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"House Republicans vowed this week to again introduce legislation that  would 
allow the federal government to sell millions of acres of public land --  
including property in and around Joshua Tree National Park, Mojave National  
Preserve and the San Bernardino and Cleveland national forests
"Should a  city come to Shavers Valley?" (Palm Springs Desert Sun,  12/12/05)
Conservationists are "digging in for a fight against the proposed  
development east of Coachella that they say would tarnish the rustic nature of  Joshua 
Tree National Park - not to mention the wildlife that lives there." A  
developer says the company "has already secured water and is pursuing land swaps  with 
the Bureau of Land Management to assemble the property" for "Paradise  
Valley, a proposed new city of up to 15,000 homes