BLM access about to be lost
There is a fantastic BLM dispersed camping site in Colorado on the Arkansas River that is in danger of being converted from free BLM camping to an expensive, reservation only campground run by the sta...
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greenrvgreen wrote:
Transferring control of federal lands from one agency to another is not "privatizing" anything. It just means that the OP has to pay slightly more for his private boondocking spot.
Apparently you have not been paying attention to national politics during the past couple of years. There is a large movement to transfer federal lands to the states. Proponents of the transfer argue the same thing that you just did..."transferring from one agency to another does not privatize anything". They want you to believe that so you won't object.
The truth is most states can't afford to management millions of acres. They will need to: 1) start charging lots of fees; 2) dramatically increase mineral extraction; or 3) sell off some of the land. All three of these are bad for RVers and other recreationists.
Again...this boondocking area in Colorado is a small example of what could happen, but it represents the camel's nose under the tent. Let's stop it now.
