[NVDave]

Not quite as you think. The monies from the state grazing lands are pre-designated to go to school budgets. The mineral taxes go to the general fund. I will have to see if the grazing lands revenues are designated on a county basis, ie, the revenues from the grazing lands in the the county go to the school budget in the county.

Personally, I think it is high time the federal land management agencies got their heads out of their asses. They’re incompetent in the extreme, costing western states quite a bit of tax revenue and paying pennies on the lost tax dollars in PILT.

[TigersEye]

I have no problem with Wyoming asserting its rights as a state or any difference with you about FedGov incompetence and malfeasance. I would just think that Wyoming could bring in plenty from oil, gas and coal for a population of 550k.

[mrreaganaut]

The monies from the state grazing lands are pre-designated to go to school budgets. The mineral taxes go to the general fund.

Just as an aside, this shows the wisdom of federalism. In Montana, Wyoming, and the Dakotas, it's hard just to gather enough kids together to have any kind of school; public school is the only sensible arrangement. In Rhode Island, Maryland, and even New Jersey, private schools could take over all education within a year, with no child left behind; public school is the least sensible arrangement.

However, there's at least one ski lodge in the Black Hills, surrounded by park land, that's just not very successful. Don't be surprised if the developer's promise of 'another Aspen' doesn't pan out.

[SloopJohnB]

== Personally, I think it is high time the federal land management agencies got their heads out of their asses. ==

An archeological team, digging in Washington DC, has uncovered 10,000 year
old bones and fossil remains of what is believed to be the first federal land
management official.