[Mr Rogers]

Guess we disagree. I think national parks are very good things. I also do not know of anyone who would want to own and run much of the public lands in the west as a profit-making business, nor would I want to be locked out of the mountains that surround where I live.

Good luck trying to convince someone of the profit motive in managing land like this:

[xzins]

When the westward settlement of the nation was happening do you think open range was wrong then?

[SZonian]

Assuming one could get past all of the environmental nonsense, and depending on proximity to civilization, land like that is excellent for off road use.

Motorcycles, quads, sand rails, mountain bikes, etc...

But that’s really about all...very slim demographic/customer base. But there is money to be made, a town near here created an off road area for dirt bikes, quads and such and in the nicer months of the year, there are lots of folks there.

This photo looks exactly like where I reside...except we have Joshua Trees to help break things up a bit.