[madison10]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2013/10/15/almost-half-the-west-is-federally-owned-now-some-states-want-their-land-back/?utm_term=.749f7d120843

This as in 2013. Maybe for reasons you mentioned and just because there is so much which states cannot afford to maintain.

This is old: https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/National-parks-pot-farms-blamed-on-cartels-2560508.php

[little jeremiah]

Thanks. I live in the west and the fed owned land is a huge problem. Lots of poverty surrounded by land which cannot be touched. So, lots of dope growing and crime.