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The Coconino County Board of Supervisors has officially come down against the concept of transferring control of federal public lands to state or county governments.

The board on Tuesday unanimously approved a resolution that opposes any effort to claim, take over, litigate for or sell off federal public lands within the county except for transfers that follow processes already established by Congress.

The resolution has been months in the making, with the board first publicly discussing the idea in March.

Several supervisors said the decision was a simple one.

“This is a given,” Supervisor Matt Ryan said. “This says we love what we have here and we want to keep it like we have it here.”

About 40 percent of the lands in Coconino County are federal public lands, according to data from the U.S. Geological Survey.

Environmental groups, including the Sierra Club and the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership attended Tuesday’s meeting and spoke in favor of the resolution.