101.   Congress is now full of people who are eager to sell off the public lands.

102.   Decades of suppressing fires, without efforts to remove dead timber, have left vast regions of public lands susceptible to catastrophic fires, the report said.

103.   DeMuth said fears that the Bush administration will open public lands and forests to exploitation by oil, mining and timber industries are unfounded.

104.   Domenici said his bill, which has wide support among Western senators, would free ranchers who use public lands from heavy regulation.

105.   Despite the risks, dozens of arrests and convictions in recent years are proof that battlefield parks and public lands are a tempting target for looters.

106.   Easements running along the beach have been challenged, since it is sometimes not clear where public land ends and private land begins.

107.   Energy companies, some of which pumped thousands of dollars into the GOP convention, are guarding government royalties from drilling on public lands.

108.   Environmental groups, however, are concerned that the Clinton plan could open some public lands to unwise logging.

109.   Environmentalists are worried that public land in the West is being overgrazed, and the administration has been restricting grazing.

110.   Environmental advocacy groups predicted that the pressure year after year to come up with new sources of revenue could lead to extensive sales of public lands.