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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One of the problematic issues with such designations, it can change minutely over time and number of changes. When a tiny step takes place - it's rationalized as "a tiny step" a very small change. Then over time, twenty small changes becomes a very large changes from the original charter.
Each time, the justification becomes "a tiny change" - but doesn't recognize the accumulation of multiple small revisions. Suddenly it goes from "OK, percent you can lease 20 percent, then next time, OK, it's only 20 percent more - now it's 40 percent ... pretty soon, well we can lease it, why not sell 20 percent and keep 80 percent ...
OK, we can sell 20 percent, why not sell JUST 40 percent ... pretty soon it's, well, let's keep at least 10 percent for the public use. And bingo, we lost nearly every acre of usable public land in tiny steps, and what remains is primarily inaccessible and pushes the remaining wildlife into a small portion of what was once a large wilderness habitat.
Each time, the justification becomes "a tiny change" - but doesn't recognize the accumulation of multiple small revisions. Suddenly it goes from "OK, percent you can lease 20 percent, then next time, OK, it's only 20 percent more - now it's 40 percent ... pretty soon, well we can lease it, why not sell 20 percent and keep 80 percent ...
OK, we can sell 20 percent, why not sell JUST 40 percent ... pretty soon it's, well, let's keep at least 10 percent for the public use. And bingo, we lost nearly every acre of usable public land in tiny steps, and what remains is primarily inaccessible and pushes the remaining wildlife into a small portion of what was once a large wilderness habitat.
