2020-12-02, 12:14 PM
I first heard about the land deal in a project letter from the Trust for Public Land February 2019. It's listed in the top right item on the page below...
PDF - 2019 Priority Projects – Purchase Rio Tinto land for Death Valley National Park
There is no mention of the project on the TPL website which is odd.
I am not sure why Rio Tinto wants to involve TPL for this land deal since in the past they have just donated land directly to the NPS.
The $5.1 million that Rio wants for these parcels is pocket change or an accounting error to a company that size. Unless Rio plans to pass off the $5.1 million to another local project.
PDF - 2019 Priority Projects – Purchase Rio Tinto land for Death Valley National Park
There is no mention of the project on the TPL website which is odd.
I am not sure why Rio Tinto wants to involve TPL for this land deal since in the past they have just donated land directly to the NPS.
The $5.1 million that Rio wants for these parcels is pocket change or an accounting error to a company that size. Unless Rio plans to pass off the $5.1 million to another local project.