I can’t believe you think that all this land we are talking about are tied up in parks etc.., are you that uninformed?
No, I don’t. I own land that the BLM has been trying to buy. We are not selling. It is high desert, never been irrigated, home to jackrabbits and sagebrush. What it does have is natural gas.
I live in southwest Washington State along the lower Columbia River. There are few areas here that belong to the Federal Government. The Willapa Hills are forest, and the timber is privately owned. The owners do a great job maintaining their land.
Do ranchers have problems with BLM here? You betcha! The ranchers east of the Cascade Mountains seem to have the biggest headaches.