Take a look! Feds “own” 29% of Montana.
https://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42346.pdf
The issue is that when the Western States “joined the Union,” the Feds raped each of them. Nevada is 84% Federal land, and California is around 50%. Zinke is FOS, most of this land needs to be returned to the states, and the states need to see that anything that they don’t have a direct need for, is sold to the citizens. One thing that it would do is help reduce our debt. The other thing it would do is put the Bureau of Land Management on the chopping block. The Feds use this “ownership” to Eff with people like Cliven Bundy.
These lands were NEVER state lands. NEver. And no reason to transfer our national heritage to sates or private users. People can hero-worship Bundy’s and all but and transfer is DOA. Will never happen. People should get over it and stop wasting time with such a lame issue. Especially mucking with the party platform on an issue that most Americans will disagree with.