TGK
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The state of Utah is suing the Federal Government to take control of 18.5 milllion acres of public (primarily BLM) land. This represents half of the federal land holdings in Utah. The comments below are from Ride Apart link, a site that is primarily focused on motorcycles and riding. 2nd link is from AP.
Utah Wants to Seize Public Land You Use to Camp and Ride, Likely to Sell to Big Oil
apnews.com
From the link;
"There's a long history of states attempting to seize control of public lands going back to the time when public lands first were enshrined. But few do so with such wanton disregard to the people's right to public land as Utah. Between the countless BS development projects the state has tried to push through the legislature and onto the public, to land seizures and sell-offs, and more. This all occurs in the background while the state touts its awesome public lands so everyone comes and visits."
"Utah probably has the most two-faced relationship with its public lands out of all the Western states."
"The latest is a lawsuit aimed straight at the United States Supreme Court, where it's suing the federal government—specifically the Bureau of Land Management—for control of over 18.5 million acres of federally protected public land. It's the latest in a long string of attempts by the state to enact control over its borders, which doesn't sound all too unreasonable until you look at the history of how it used this before and then immediately sold those lands off to oil and gas companies, developers, and other extractive industries to the detriment of the public. Public to private in all about ten seconds flat."
"This case has the potential of essentially dismantling the entirety of BLM-protected land, as it targets the category of "unappropriated" public land. According to Utah's lawsuit, that means it serves no purpose. Except, we're talking about the federal government and its bureaucracy. No purpose doesn't mean it's not used. The feds just haven't gotten around to properly classifying it yet, which could take hundreds of years given the paperwork involved and how Congress can't seem to get their **** in order.”
Utah Wants to Seize Public Land You Use to Camp and Ride, Likely to Sell to Big Oil
Utah lawsuit seeks state control over vast areas of federal land
Utah’s Republican leaders launched a legal challenge aimed at wresting control from the U.S. government over much of the federal lands that dominate the state.
apnews.com
From the link;
"There's a long history of states attempting to seize control of public lands going back to the time when public lands first were enshrined. But few do so with such wanton disregard to the people's right to public land as Utah. Between the countless BS development projects the state has tried to push through the legislature and onto the public, to land seizures and sell-offs, and more. This all occurs in the background while the state touts its awesome public lands so everyone comes and visits."
"Utah probably has the most two-faced relationship with its public lands out of all the Western states."
"The latest is a lawsuit aimed straight at the United States Supreme Court, where it's suing the federal government—specifically the Bureau of Land Management—for control of over 18.5 million acres of federally protected public land. It's the latest in a long string of attempts by the state to enact control over its borders, which doesn't sound all too unreasonable until you look at the history of how it used this before and then immediately sold those lands off to oil and gas companies, developers, and other extractive industries to the detriment of the public. Public to private in all about ten seconds flat."
"This case has the potential of essentially dismantling the entirety of BLM-protected land, as it targets the category of "unappropriated" public land. According to Utah's lawsuit, that means it serves no purpose. Except, we're talking about the federal government and its bureaucracy. No purpose doesn't mean it's not used. The feds just haven't gotten around to properly classifying it yet, which could take hundreds of years given the paperwork involved and how Congress can't seem to get their **** in order.”
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