Correct. It is and should be a business run by those who are good at it.
Itâs only that if closed, the required departments would likely need to be transferred to a different agency so that they can continue to do some very simple tasks and that is the management of federal land, just as we have people who manage federal buildings. They are tax payer assets and will need to have some sort of monitoring.
The land should be turned over to the States and auctioned off. Better, the various management functions should be privatized and the land gradually possessed by contract. If the contracts require subsidy in the short term, it would be cheaper than paying lawyers like we do now. Ultimately, I believe the system can price services against what are currently unaccounted socialized risks, for which I have a patent on the business method as a way to prevent somebody else from doing it first. I don't have the cash to enforce it.
I don’t have any issues with that.
I believe that there is a lot of federal land that we have no business owning. But getting it back into State hands or private hand will likely require a land grant of sorts..in other words just give it back.
I own a small amount of acreage,,all wooded.
It takes me quite a bit of effort to keep it in good condition, ie: blocked access roads by fallen trees, washouts, fencing repair.
This is all I am taking about, I was not justifying their actions, past or present.