Someone is going to control public lands whether you like them to or not,about the other charges you claim I'd like to see the quotes in question before I call them strawmen.
It's very hard for some people to grasp the concept that there are others with different views than they have and that that's ok.
Some views are not compatible with conservatism whatsoever. Nanny-state top-down "experimental" enviromentalism is one of those, your conviviality with JackRyanCIA notwithstanding.
That someone is the federal government at the moment. If you are interested in looking up the quotes I'm sure you are capable of finding them.
It's very hard for some people to grasp the concept that there are others with different views than they have and that that's ok. And that includes (but is not limited to) that there really are people with conservative views who disagree. Not all conservatives believe exactly the same thing, thank goodness.