BLM may want 90,000 acres of Texas Private Property

[wildflower82]

Originally Posted by Ponderosa

Where are you from? I enjoy millions of acres of public (USFS/BLM) lands that are open to me for hunting, fishing, power boating, riding my Jeep and ATVs, shooting and camping. Other public lands are preserved as wilderness areas where my activities are limited to those that have less impact. I lived in the east. So many outdoor activities there are restricted to parks, crowded campgrounds, a few small hunting preserves, and the rest is posted. The high percentage of public lands in the west is what makes it the best part of the country to live in.

Then why can't they stop this if they have so much $$$ & control....after all they own it.

Five Federal Lands in Arizona Have Travel Warnings in Place | Fox News

[wildflower82]

Originally Posted by Three Wolves In Snow

I sure am glad that the founding fathers of this country did not have that attitude.

I'm sure that poster wasn't from Texas........hope that isn't the new American view!

[CDusr]

Originally Posted by Egbert

I am sorry I find this to be highly entertaining, especially because it comes from Republicans in Texas. You have people in the Republican party in Texas stirring the pot using Bundy to talk about how the evil liberals in the federal government are going to steal folks land. Meanwhile the same Texas Republican politicians who are spouting this are more then happy to set up rules such that private quasi utility companies (namely T. Boone Pickens' water and electric giant) can set up their own municipalities with eminent domain power to actually steal people's land, miles and miles of it using taxpayer subsidized municipal bonds to pay for it.

T. Boone Pickens Has Big Plans For Our Money - Forbes

I just enjoy the irony of it all.

DnRs are both equal opportunity offenders.

[desertdetroiter]

Originally Posted by 3~Shepherds

Then why can't they stop this if they have so much $$$ & control....after all they own it.

Five Federal Lands in Arizona Have Travel Warnings in Place | Fox News

Did you read the piece?

The travel warnings make sense. Who else could do a better job on those lands than the BLM? Arizona is sa huge state with a hell of a lot of federal land. They can't be everywhere all the time.

[KStreetQB]

I don't know the national numbers, but in the Mojave, BLM only has $2 per acre per year to manage the lands. That includes paying for law enforcement activities. In aggregate it's a lot of money, but when you're talking about the vast expanses of land they are responsible for, it can only go so far.

[wildflower82]

Originally Posted by desertdetroiter

Did you read the piece?

The travel warnings make sense. Who else could do a better job on those lands than the BLM? Arizona is sa huge state with a hell of a lot of federal land. They can't be everywhere all the time.

Yet BLM is doing really nothing to stop this? Yes, I read the piece T

his is America how can we allow any section of the states not be protected. We can travel to Iraq and protect borders, but not our own. Those signs should never have been needed.

[KStreetQB]

Originally Posted by 3~Shepherds

Yet BLM is doing really nothing to stop this? Yes, I read the piece T

his is America how can we allow any section of the states not be protected. We can travel to Iraq and protect borders, but not our own. Those signs should never have been needed.

This is a border security issue, and it's comically myopic to suggest that BLM, Forrest Service or Fish & Wildlife or any other service whose main mission is not policing would be solely responsible.

If we had permanent armed guards stationed there, there would be another thread on this subforum saying "The gubmint is protecting these trees with tanks, while people are getting killed in Chicago!". You know that is true.

Why don't you head over to Iraq and see just how protected you feel. Hyperbole much?