The legal mechanism behind this — federal land exchange — is supposed to be for land of equal value (to avoid scamming) and is usually used to consolidate, rather than break up, land for conservation. Shenanigans here
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Trump administration pushing to hand parcel of Yosemite land to private developer – report
Nevada-based Kingsbarn Realty Capital seeks to acquire land to construct private road to development outside park
