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<blockquote data-quote="Barrelnut" data-source="post: 1194006" data-attributes="member: 74902"><p>I think the main thought is that the states could not afford to manage the land and would have to sell large amounts of it for development, private corporate ranching, etc. Just the cost of fighting wildfire alone would probably bankrupt a lot of western states.</p><p></p><p>Then the small time ranchers, who are always demanding "free" grazing rights, would probably be cut out entirely. All the states would be left with is smaller plots of land that are worthless for anything else, including recreation.</p><p></p><p>Oregon right now is having to sell off a big chunk of it's state forests that it has used for years to support the school system by selling logging rights on it. The state can't afford to manage it. If Weyerhaeuser gets it, they will lock it up, with no public access except for fall hunting via paid permit only. May have already happened, haven't kept track lately...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Barrelnut, post: 1194006, member: 74902"] I think the main thought is that the states could not afford to manage the land and would have to sell large amounts of it for development, private corporate ranching, etc. Just the cost of fighting wildfire alone would probably bankrupt a lot of western states. Then the small time ranchers, who are always demanding "free" grazing rights, would probably be cut out entirely. All the states would be left with is smaller plots of land that are worthless for anything else, including recreation. Oregon right now is having to sell off a big chunk of it's state forests that it has used for years to support the school system by selling logging rights on it. The state can't afford to manage it. If Weyerhaeuser gets it, they will lock it up, with no public access except for fall hunting via paid permit only. May have already happened, haven't kept track lately... [/QUOTE]
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