31.   Days after the soil samples were taken, the contractor added tons of dirt to the land from an outside source that had not been tested, Saebfar said.

32.   Developers often take those steps before they buy land from the state.

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

34.   Environmental groups say it should set aside more land from sugar companies.

35.   Federal law exempts Indian lands from federal, state and local taxes, as well as zoning regulations.

36.   Few Georgians would remember the Woodpecker Route that burrowed through the pine lands from Augusta to Jacksonville.

37.   For decades, people on Broad Channel leased their land from the city, which flirted with the idea of making it a park or a nature preserve.

38.   For a smart island nation that can only grow physically by importing sand to reclaim land from the sea, this approach may make sense.

39.   Frieze and others said Hill had lobbied to transfer the land from Chapman to Abilene.

40.   Grain elevator operators also think the program has gone too far in shielding productive land from the plow.