The Feds are NOT the owners-—The STATES own these properties—The Feds have run over the states-—just like Obama deciding a couple of weeks ago that he was setting up 2 more national Monuments against the wishes of the people in Nevada & Utah.
ALso—this week—the BLM decided that over 16 MILLION acres needed to be off limits for any kind of mining to protect the Sage Grouse. That is the kind of mischief the BLM is doing.
There already are permitted & accredited mines inside those 16 MILLION acres-—so how would you like to hold stock in those companies??? or be an employee??
That's not mischief. That's ecoterrorism. That's the Sierra Club and friends who want to rewild over half the planet. It's called Agenda 21. Or globalism. Or sustainability.