I expected that from you, Smoker. You see it as free stuff because you're only paying a tiny bit of the actual costs and getting an unearned goodie. But it is overpaying for someone else's albatross. Have you ever considered if the respective STATE bought these lands for actual FMV and then maybe charged reasonable resident recreation fees, logged it when needed, and so on?
Have you ever considered that states DO own land? And I don't see they do a very good job of managing it at all. I've lived in a bunch of states and all i see is really piss poor management, much more severely underfunded state management agencies, and no sign they will improve anytime soon.
I'd love to see a lot more federal lands "unroaded" and converted into wilderness areas. Not less.
