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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Recreational access does much less damage than private enterprise. Ever looked down on Santa Rita Copper mining in New Mexico - right above Silver City?
One peek will convince anyone mining wins the 'damage ecosystem' award, hands down. I know, all private enterprise says :: "We fix it after" -- but the after is often too late.
No ecosystem returns to its native state, it only develops another, new ecosystem, sometimes good, sometimes not so good for the original wildlife and habitats.
Some states may do it successfully - but many have no budget for forestry management on the scale it takes to maintain natural conditions when it produces NO income.
Once the state gets control, then only that state and its citizens can make changes - the Feds (that's all of us folks)- will lose control. So a very minority of the country will make decisions that affect all of us. That is really scary!
One peek will convince anyone mining wins the 'damage ecosystem' award, hands down. I know, all private enterprise says :: "We fix it after" -- but the after is often too late.
No ecosystem returns to its native state, it only develops another, new ecosystem, sometimes good, sometimes not so good for the original wildlife and habitats.
Some states may do it successfully - but many have no budget for forestry management on the scale it takes to maintain natural conditions when it produces NO income.
Once the state gets control, then only that state and its citizens can make changes - the Feds (that's all of us folks)- will lose control. So a very minority of the country will make decisions that affect all of us. That is really scary!
