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Monday, January 4, 2016

How Federal Missteps Make the Case to Transfer Public Lands to States, Localities

Marjorie Haun / / /

Millions of animals of all kinds, including privately owned livestock, have been burned and killed in massive wildfires on federal lands in recent years.  With forests overgrown and piling up with underbrush and dead and dying trees, some would argue that releasing Cinder into a federal  preserve carried a degree of risk to the tough little bear.  Federal “no-logging” policies, it seems, are turning America’s national forests into kindling.......Under the umbrella name “Transfer of Public Lands,” the movement offers a solution to the problem that is simple in concept:  transfer ownership and management of public lands administered by federal agencies to equivalent state agencies. These agencies, being accountable to governors, state legislators and citizens, will manage the public lands in a more conscientious, cost-effective way...........Read More

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