Re: Diarrhoea or Constipation ?

On Thu, 24 Oct 2024 22:56:02 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On 24 Oct 2024 19:48:27 GMT, rbowman wrote:
 

The other problem I have is damn near every square inch is private
property.

 
You think the Government would do a better job owning some of that land?

https://ballotpedia.org/Federal_land_ownership_by_state

For my purposes, yes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_forest_(United_States)

"In the United States, national forest is a classification of protected
and managed federal lands that are largely forest and woodland areas. They
are owned collectively by the American people through the federal
government and managed by the United States Forest Service, a division of
the United States Department of Agriculture. "

That means:

https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/lolo/recreation/recarea/?
recid=10273&actid=93

https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/lolo/recarea/?recid=10277

https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/lolo/recarea/?recid=10275

Those are developed recreation areas that are about a 15 minute drive
away. There are many more thousands of acres managed by the FS where you
can hike, camp, hunt, and fish.

While the forest management has been controversial it has prevented the
clear cutting that happened on privately owned land. In the 19th century
the government gave the railroads sections (640 acres, 1 mile square) of
land supposedly to fill their needs for timber. Those ultimately wound up
in the hands of timber companies who cut everything in sight. They're now
in the real estate business since a forest can take up to 100 years to
regrow in a semi-arid climate and they're not patient.

The other organization is the BLM.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_of_Land_Management

They're more about prairies so don't manage too much land in this area.
Again you can hike, camp, and hunt. If you camp you may wake up surrounded
by cows since it's multi-use and the BLM has grazing leases.

By contrast, less than 2% od the land in Texas is held by Federal
agencies. Step off the road to take a walk and you'll be looking at a No
Trespassing sign. If you want to hunt, you can pay a hefty fee to a
provate landowner.