Trouble is, Government has displayed three serious problems.
1) Poor stewardship of lands it currently controls as parks and monuments.
2) Graft, abuse, and corruption in the acquisition of lands. The acquisition of lands to form the Smoky Mountain and Shenandoah National Parks amounted to ethnic cleansing and borderline theft. For example.
3) An ideological bias against people actually living in rural areas. "Agenda 21" has been much discussed on this forum.
Yes I agree with you about these deep rooted problems, and appreciate the balance you are helping bring me to on this issue.