After years of application, on May 22, David L. Bernhardt, U.S. interior secretary, signed over 5,900 acres of public land in La Paz County over to the county, according to Parker Pioneer.
The La Paz County Board of Supervisors held a meeting on March 16 where the board accepted an offer from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to set aside around 5,500 acres of land in eastern La Paz County.