"BTW, leave the public lands alone, we'll need them to show the kids someday."
Then let the states do it.
There's no reason to have federal land except for military reservations. The states should get to decide what to do with the land in their states. Plus, billions would be saved from the federal treasury from having to run and maintain those lands.
The states! heck My money went to buy that, not the states, Just give me and every other good citizen else 12 acres, too.