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:
The Congressional Research Service is a government sponsored think tank attached to the Library of Congress. Their reports have no legal standing and are basically opinion pieces providing what CRS considers relevant background information and analysis on issues submitted to them from Congress.
Officially non-partisan, but their reports tend to lean left. In the link you provided they omitted several federal circuit court rulings on land ownership issues. Since the rulings mostly favored their conclusions, I do not know why they omitted them. It would have strengthened their argument. As written, their argument is weak.
The examples you provided only show that in the past some states have sold or mismanaged their lands. This does not support the conclusion that all states will do the same in the future. California and Oregon, for example, have done stellar jobs with their state forests, and Oregon state parks receive rave reviews (CA state parks less so, but that is another thread...).
The Congressional Research Service is a government sponsored think tank attached to the Library of Congress. Their reports have no legal standing and are basically opinion pieces providing what CRS considers relevant background information and analysis on issues submitted to them from Congress.
Officially non-partisan, but their reports tend to lean left. In the link you provided they omitted several federal circuit court rulings on land ownership issues. Since the rulings mostly favored their conclusions, I do not know why they omitted them. It would have strengthened their argument. As written, their argument is weak.
The examples you provided only show that in the past some states have sold or mismanaged their lands. This does not support the conclusion that all states will do the same in the future. California and Oregon, for example, have done stellar jobs with their state forests, and Oregon state parks receive rave reviews (CA state parks less so, but that is another thread...).
