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>> “ranch standoff (BREAKING NEWS!!!), vette6387 wrote:
“There is no reason whatsoever for the fed govt to own these lands. Let the people who use them have them!”
All the Western States are “owned” largely by the Fed Gov...” <<
But that does not include surface use or water rights!
Those were already 100% in private ownership when the treaty was signed.
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“All the Western States are “owned” largely by the Fed Gov...” <<
But that does not include surface use or water rights!
Those were already 100% in private ownership when the treaty was signed.”
The problem is the BLM doesn’t seem to understand any of what you say. Western ranchers are up to their eyeballs with the BLM, and I will bet that some of them are going to die if they don’t put away their guns, or better still, have them taken away.