Homestead Resort would cover the land with high-priced homes and facilities, says Johanna Miller of the institute.

The resort's current property is unable to be developed, Miller says. That's why the resort wants the swap for pristine lakeshore property, which is owned by the National Park Service, Miller adds.

However, Miller says swapping the land would set a precedent that is against eminent domain laws by taking over land from the park service, then selling or swapping it with developers.

The institute, Miller says, is urging the federal park service to purchase the land as part of the service's 20-year general management plan. The swap is proposed in the plan, she adds.

Public comments about the management plan are being accepted until Sept. 2.

Homestead already lost in plans to develop its property into a golf course in 2000, and a similar land-swapping effort for lake shore in 1996, Miller notes.