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2. Arizona State Land Department - Wikipedia

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   The State Land Department is managed by the State Land Commissioner who is appointed by the Governor. History. Land Grant & Designation of Beneficiaries. The Territory of Arizona was established on February 24, 1863, by an Act of Congress. This Act granted sections 16 and 36 of each township for the benefit of the Common Schools.

3. Federal lands - Wikipedia

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   Federal lands are publicly owned lands in the United States managed by the federal government. Pursuant to the Property Clause of the United States Constitution ( Article 4, section 3, clause 2), Congress has the power to retain, buy, sell, and regulate federal lands, such as by limiting cattle grazing on them.

4. Bureau of Land Management - Wikipedia

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   Website. blm.gov. The Bureau of Land Management ( BLM) is an agency within the United States Department of the Interior responsible for administering U.S. federal lands. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the BLM oversees more than 247.3 million acres (1,001,000 km 2) of land, or one-eighth of the United States's total landmass.

5. Resolution Copper - Wikipedia

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   Resolution Copper has proposed to give the federal government 5,376 acres (21.76 km 2) of environmentally sensitive land in Arizona in exchange for the 2,422-acre (9.80 km 2) oak flat federal parcel, which includes the Oak Flat Campground (protected since 1955) and several outdoor climbing sites including the Mine, Atlantis and the Pond.

6. Morrill Land-Grant Acts - Wikipedia

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   Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 51–841, 26 Stat. 417, enacted August 30, 1890. The Morrill Land-Grant Acts are United States statutes that allowed for the creation of land-grant colleges in U.S. states using the proceeds from sales of federally owned land, often obtained from Native American tribes through treaty, cession, or ...

7. Oak Flat (Arizona) - Wikipedia

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   Oak Flat ( Western Apache: Chíchʼil Bił Dagoteel, Navajo: Chéchʼil Bił Dahoteel) is in Pinal County about 40 miles (64 km) east of Phoenix in the Tonto National Forest, a high desert setting at 3,900 feet (1,200 m) elevation. The land is sacred to Native Americans from the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation and many other Arizona tribes.