Mostly mining and grazing rights. Deeding the land back to the state will open that up. The feds have put a lock down on much of it. Interior Sec. Salazaar even revoked many mining claims thate were approved before he was appointed.

>Well we have to keep our secret alien spacecrafts and little green monsters somewhere don't we?
>I suppose I actually agree with you though. But what you gonna do with a bunch of hectares of desert land? There is already some serious water supply problems in that region.