The Bureau of Land Management Ely District is proposing to offer through a competitive sale three parcels of public land totaling 165.92 acres located adjacent to Hiko and Alamo, Nevada. The BLM will accept written comments on the proposal during a 45-day public comment period that ends Monday, Dec. 5.
The sale would be by sealed-bid and oral public auction and would be held at the Caliente Railroad Depot.
Five percent of the proceeds from the proposed land sale will go to the Nevada State General Education Fund, Ten percent to Lincoln County, and the remainder 85 percent will be deposited into a special account to be used for archaeological resources, natural resource protection, recreation and wilderness planning, and other opportunities in Lincoln County.