No, never happen. These were and are federal public lands with good public access. No upside to giving these to the state, which already cannot afford to do things well and is increasingly liberal anyway.
The Federal owns about 80% of Nevada.
I am of the opinion that we need a constitutional amendment that limits the Federal ownership of land within a state to no more than 20%. All lands in excess of that 20% shall be returned to the state.
the land belongs to everyone,
not just the billionaire ‘rancher’ next door
( who expects to buy the land
at two cents an acre )
This should clear this up for you
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hb7Or-f62jY
If you need more depth watch his series of 3 lectures given to WSSA. This guy is a real rabble-rouser, who would have thought the Constitution could be so disturbing.