Nevada getting $7.6 million in federal payments

Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2000 | 4:44 a.m.

The federal Bureau of Land Management will send the payments on Thursday to offset the loss of tax revenues to areas in which tax-exempt federal lands lie.

"With nearly 87% of Nevada's public land controlled by the federal government, these funds are essential to help replace some of Nevada's tax base," Sen. Richard Bryan said on Wednesday.

The payments are made for tax-exempt holdings of the BLM, the U.S. Forest Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Park Service and for federal water projects and some military installations.

Nevada's counties will receive these payments:

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