“I understand the feds control something like 90% of Nevada, 60% of Utah. Was much of that land private and now federalized, or was it federal and they’ve just stopped selling/privatizing it?”
more like 81% of Nevada and 61% of Utah. The problem is primary Washington has just stopped generally selling much of it in the 1970s. But there are numerous cases where Washington has acquired new lands to horde or lord over.
Such is the case in States Like Texas who were at one point their own republic thus never started out with any Federal land.
Anyone know the status of the land where the nukes were tested?
The land was considered as territorial lands and should have been turned over to the states as they became states.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3148136/posts?page=15#15