I’d like to know how a town gets $12 an acre blm land when an acre sells for $600,000 plus in the Valley.
Congress passed a law that the BLM had to sell some land each year in Nevada. Usually, the fed land is traded for private land that abuts a conservation area.
In the case of Boulder City, NV, the city wanted to prevent Las Vegas from annexing (buying,trading) BLM land that would encroach on BC's slow growth valley. We are one valley over a hill from Las Vegas.
Our congressional delegation arranged legislation that defined the land, its use, and its price. All the land purchased is under covenant with the feds on its specific use. Las Vegas and Henderson can't get within a few miles of us. But they are trying. Heck, soon, Henderson will have annexed west to the California Border.
Just to give an example of state and federal representation in this state: My brother-in-law (Boulder City resident) is the state assemblyman for district 20. That district runs from Henderson (borders S LV) south to the NV,AZ,CA pinpoint and east to Mesquite on the Utah border.
See map of NV Dist 20 Click on lower right district (blue).
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