31.   Areas targeted by the report are public lands closed to mineral leases in Colorado, Montana, Wyoming and Utah.

32.   Archeologists say underwater treasures deserve the same protection as artifacts on public lands.

33.   Another rider allowing mining companies to dump more waste on public lands was substantially mitigated.

34.   As privately owned portions of the battlefields have been picked or paved over, some relic hunters have found the lure of public lands irresistible.

35.   As the founder of the national park system, Roosevelt, set aside more public land as protected areas than anyone else.

36.   As the nation grew, public land was sold or granted to homesteaders, railroads and veterans.

37.   As interior secretary, Norton would have broad discretion over thousands of mines on public land.

38.   As with other native plants, it is illegal to remove saguaros from public lands in Arizona.

39.   At the same time, Interior Secretary Babbitt backed down from a plan to increase grazing fees for public lands, leaving the issue to the Republicans.

40.   At the same time a bill has been proposed in Congress to make it legal to keep fossils collected on public lands.