Checkerboard Challenge Land Exchange

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There are more than 24 million federally owned acres in checkered or fractured ownership across the Western United States. The Checkerboard Challenge Land Exchange is a land exchange opportunity between Private Landowners, State Land Agencies, and Federal Agencies, primarily the Bureau of Land Management. The goal of the Checkerboard Challenge Land Exchange is to eliminate and conserve portions of checkered ownership lands and consolidate public, state trust land, and private holdings. Unique in structure and implementation, the Checkerboard Challenge Land Exchange is a worthwhile endeavor for Private Landowners, State Trust Lands, and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM.) Structured as a Legislative Land Exchange, the Checkerboard Challenge Land Exchange offers Private Landowners, States, and Federal Land Managers an effective solution to exchange lands and eliminate checkered land ownerships