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by mothballed 34 days ago
Yet it's still active. As a pure anecdote, I know of someone doing it right now.

https://www.blm.gov/sites/default/files/Desert%20Land%20Entr...
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JumpCrisscross 34 days ago
Is this an opportunity that opened up with this administration? Or has the BLM been quietly processing these for the last century?
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mothballed 34 days ago
AFAIK it's been available since the 1870s but after the 20s they clamped down a lot harder on ensuring you were actually irrigating it and had agricultural plans.

I'm not sure if the BLM has relaxed their discretion under Trump.

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