This is an article that I found on the Houston Chronicle's website about the sell of the Christmas Mountains in West Texas. The Christmas Mountains were donated to the State of Texas in 1991 by the conservation fund. And since only fve percent of Texas land is still considered public, their is a lot of contreversy surounding this issue. Many believe that if the state sells this land it will discourage other organizations from donating tracts of land to any state. For fear that it will be sold for a quick profit. And while the money from the sale is promised to Texas education, the trivial figure is not enough to be a factor in the Texas education budget. Currently this sale is halted due to a map error in west Texas.

Here is the link:

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/5146844.html