No More Federal Land?

[Feathernfurr]

I believe Idaho was trying to go down this same road.

[bigtex]

I believe Idaho was trying to go down this same road.

There were about a dozen states that signed on to it.

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[bigtex]

If you guys haven't listened to Your Mountain podcasts you really should. They mainly talk about land management/natural resource politics and policies. It should be noted the hosts are conservatives who used to work for a Republican governor in Wyoming.

They chalked up Utah's case to one thing...$$$. Utah was trying to get the BLM lands in the state for its mineral resources. They weren't trying to get Forest Service, Reclamation, etc lands. They wanted the BLM lands so they can get the $ that's under the land.

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[baldopepper]

 A very big factor is also the livestock grazing issue on blm ground. Environmentalists having been pushing for tighter restrictions and higher charges while livestock interests have fought had against them.  The Clive Bundy followers in Utah have spearheaded the state blm takeovers for quite sometime knowing they can exert influence on a state level much easier than a federal level. Livestock owners in other western states have pushed for the change for the same reason.