[Girlene]

Good find, xzins. Not sure how to convert the file.

I never thought much about federal land out west and really didn't realize how significant it was. Here's a map of the US public owned lands:
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.....and here's a map of lands held by the National Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Mangagment:

[xzins]

I never thought much about federal land out west and really didn't realize how significant it was. Here's a map of the US public owned lands:

I had never realized it before, either. That map of Nevada is just about solid red. How can that be for a state that's been part of the union for about 150- years?

Be good to have you ponder the study at the link, digest, and comment. The article's bottom line to me is that the longer the Fed holds land, the less defensible becomes their holding. What do you think?