So I say we agree to let them reserve the 28% they already own on one condition. That condition is the Federal govenment immediately stops operation and vacates any now reserved land. With an exception for military bases.
So I say we agree to let them reserve the 28% they already own on one condition. That condition is the Federal govenment immediately stops operation and vacates any now reserved land. With an exception for military bases.
They own 52% of Oregon and 80% of NV.
I heard from a lawyer several decades ago that the details of federal land ownership, given the constitutional limits placed on it, are such that they actually lease it from the states. Don’t know if this is completely true or only for the part of Colorado we were discussing at the time. Never had the urge to investigate. FWIW.
give it back to the states