I have a few comments. First, 42 million acres doesn't seem like much to me. Second, I'd rather have reliable sources of electricity and gasoline than reliable public hunting land. A comfortable standard ofliving is more important to me than recreational opportunities on land I don't own anyway.
If sportsmen are that concerned about this, I would kindly suggest that theywork together to buy private land solely foruse while hunting.
It's a travesty, and just another example of the Bush administration pissing on the environment. This administration has been the worst for the environment by far than any administration since we were awakened to the need for conservation in the early 20th Century.
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We do own public land, it's what makes it public. Think of government land as a great big hunting lease, only you have no choice about paying your part of the lease.
You'd have a very interesting time trying to see this land let alone hunt or fish on it once gasoline rises to $10/gal.
I find it unconscionable that we are fighting wars in foreign lands over oil/minerals when we are sitting on vast untapped resources at home.
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Think of government land as a great big hunting lease, only you have no choice about paying your part of the lease.
Yes, think of it that way- noone's paying any property tax or mineral royalties on it unless someone is extracting those resources. Land that is not being used for anything is pretty much useless.
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First, 42 million acres doesn't seem like much to me.
65625 square miles. That's 256 miles X 256 miles.
I'd say that's a pretty big chink of land when it is viewed as one piece and not pieces of land here and there. That's as large as the entire state of Florida or Wisconsin.
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A final kick in the teeth to sportsman???
