Transfer of Federal Lands to the States
I am wondering how many RVers are aware of the movement to transfer federal lands to the states? Many western states are pushing this initiative. In Wyoming (my home state) nearly 25 million acres w...
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highplainsdrifter wrote:
Many of the western states want the land because of the value of the minerals. Plus there is a widespread anti-fed sentiment in the west. ...
Very little BLM or National Forest land, with profitable deposits doesn't already have a mineral claim on it. Most of the highly profitable ones were actually claimed in the 1800s, and certainly many of them mined out now.
I suspect mining companies would rather deal with one entity (US) then a dozen state governments.
