Quote Originally Posted by Martinjmpr View Post
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Our public lands are an amazing treasure and well worth protecting.
Excellent points. There is certainly room to criticize the actions of the BLM in this case and others. However I think saying that there should be no (or substantially less) federally owned land is an absurd notion. Some of my best memories were formed while recreating in the relative freedom of BLM land. The stuff we did would not have been possible if the land was carved up and fenced off by private or corporate interests.

I say keep the BLM in check and advocate for reforms that cut abuses or that benefit outdoorsmen, but don't get rid of the land.