Selling Federal Land

The Bush Administration last week announced plans to sell 300,000 acres of publicly held land. Proceeds of the sale would go to rural schools. Included in the plan is the sale of 15,000 acres of land across North Carolina. Advocates for the program say that the parcels selected for the selling block are hard to manage and located apart from other national forest lands. Skeptics say the program is in conflict with North Carolina’s land conservation program, under which the state has purchased more than 350,000 acres of land since 2000. Host David Crabtree talks about the future of public lands with Joy Franklin, editorial page editor for the Asheville Citizen Times; David Carr, attorney with the Southern Environmental Law Center; and Kevin King, manager of Swain County. Listener Call-In. (30:00) (MD)

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