Federal land use.

[McFarmer]

I have family employed by an agency that manages federal lands. Water cooler talk is that the feds are going to be considering raising money for the talked about sovereign fund by selling land, making more leases for timber and minerals. Public land is a cornerstone of the outdoor recreation opportunities we have in this country, no matter if you have all the private property you need or not.

Now I know much of this land is to the west of pheasant hunting territory but as an outdoors person my opinion is that actions like this can’t be undone and will inhibit the enjoyment of the outdoors for many.

Keep your eyes and ears open. There are articles out there but the ones I’ve found have a strong political bent and I don’t think we need to go down that road.

 

[3car]

I would say their are millions of acres in the Dakotas that are at risk.

 

[Munster927]

Selling off federal lands was in a plan that one side told people about and the other side said was totally bogus. I'll let others figure out who is who.

 

[molliesmaster]

Selling off lands is a bi-partisan non-starter. Munster nailed it, fear-mongering to make the current leadership look bad.

 

[McFarmer]

Selling off lands is a bi-partisan non-starter. Munster nailed it, fear-mongering to make the current leadership look bad.

Nice, I tried not to make it political, I hope you are right, doubt if you are.

 

[Munster927]

Selling off lands is a bi-partisan non-starter. Munster nailed it, fear-mongering to make the current leadership look bad.

That wasn't quite where I was going. One side claimed it would happen, another side said it wouldn't. And now there's rumblings it may be true.

 

[molliesmaster]

That wasn't quite where I was going. One side claimed it would happen, another side said it wouldn't. And now there's rumblings it may be true.

Oh, well, I completely missed that. Sorry.

 

[Drew]

I live in the west and believe that with the new administration, this has a better than fair chance of moving forward. In my state the governor down to state agency heads have been nose deep in this issue for more than a decade. Now with a federal administration that is busy shrinking federal a lands/budgets…..it suddenly has traction. My belief, once federal lands become state lands, they will be sold to the highest bidder and hunting on public lands in the west will become Texas.

 

[Bob Peters]

I live in the west and believe that with the new administration, this has a better than fair chance of moving forward. In my state the governor down to state agency heads have been nose deep in this issue for more than a decade. Now with a federal administration that is busy shrinking federal a lands/budgets…..it suddenly has traction. My belief, once federal lands become state lands, they will be sold to the highest bidder and hunting on public lands in the west will become Texas.

This is what I'm worried about.

 

[Swampstink]

Selling off lands is a bi-partisan non-starter. Munster nailed it, fear-mongering to make the current leadership look bad.

Really Oh it will never happen! Pfft bend over