Heller and colleague seek to restore lands act

Sens. Dean Heller, R-Nev., and Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, have introduced legislation to reauthorize the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act.Before it expired in 2011, they said that act allowed federal agencies to use proceeds from sales of certain federal properties to protect lands designated as having “exceptional conservation value.”Heller described the program as “providing a fiscally responsible way to protect and manage important public lands in Nevada and the