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Interesting map - Percentage of federally owned land by state
Old Monkey
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There are a lot of wide open spaces out West that no one but the Government would want. We the people own the west.
MasterBlaster
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Which is which? I don't see a legend.
lumberjack
Young man on the go
I'm fairly certain the red portion is what's owned by the feds.
SkwerI
Treehouser
Butch, the legend is in the title of the picture.
"Federal Land as a Percentage of Total State Land Area"
"Federal Land as a Percentage of Total State Land Area"
MasterBlaster
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It's sinkin' into my noggin...
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Wagnaw
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I'm surprised Maine has such a small percentage. I figured that place is so cold, the gov't MUST own most of it. ...who else would?
....granted, I've never been there.
....granted, I've never been there.
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Mr. Sir
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That surprised me too. I expected more in Maine.
FJR
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Almost all of Nevada is BLM. Crazy stuff.
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NeTree
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Most of Maine is owned by varying logging outfits.
I lol'ed at Nevada and Alaska.
I lol'ed at Nevada and Alaska.
CurSedVoyce
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No_Bivy
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yep....
SkwerI
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No, more like Imperialism. 
Thor's Hammer
Wolfish. Sometimes Bites.
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Well I sure would not want to see something like Yosemite after the masses decided they would build there if the Gov did not have a say so
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Newfie
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And lumber companies and paper companies. A lot is owned by the state government as well.
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NeTree
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Yup.
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Frans
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You think Yosemite valley has not been turned into essentially a tourist toilet now?
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Some of it. But it could be MUCH worse. The sequoias are a good example also. They would be all gone sooner than later with out protection and regulation.
wiley_p
Climbing Up
An absolute joke in the summer. To think that 3 miles from the valley floor we would be in a "wilderness" area and no chainsaws were allowed for use in putting out a fire, yet goddamn pink buses, full of fat city asses,
were in the valley in the thousands.
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Frans
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Last time I visited the valley floor I was shocked. Masses of people running around, jumping fences, eating junk food supplied by the park vendors, even mylar balloons floating around. Garbage littering all over the place.
The vendors reminded me of TSA type employees. Semi-retarded 'dont-give-a-shit', 'not-my-job' types.
Actually pretty much out of control.
I don't know why they have turned the valley floor into a fast food chain/disney type attraction.
The vendors reminded me of TSA type employees. Semi-retarded 'dont-give-a-shit', 'not-my-job' types.
Actually pretty much out of control.
I don't know why they have turned the valley floor into a fast food chain/disney type attraction.
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Money, revenue, income. Same reason they would pave it and build houses if they were allowed to.
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Blinky
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I was in Zion not long ago and had the same experience. Fortunately, there's still good back country around... which I'm sure they'll get to paving as soon as budget permits. We have to make it so any sorry-ass, out of shape slob can enjoy the pristine solitude.
Actually, what I like about the parks I have been to, which is most of the western ones, is the fact that they manage to pretty much keep
the " sorry-ass, out of shape slobs" corralled.
The parks are set up in a way so you have an easy access route, travelled by all of those, who don't really want to get out of their cars. And a lot of pristine ( to an european, anyway) backcountry.
Take Denali NP, they bus the slobs in, but walk a mile away from the busroad and there is no sign of them.
The thing is, the poor slobs don't want the backcountry experience, they want to take pictures of wildlife from their car windows. I don't think there is any danger of them invading the pristine solitude.
Personally I think the whole national park system is one of the things that makes America worth visiting ( aside from the friendly natives and pretty california girls
)
Teddy Roosevelt did a great thing, when he saved all that land from miners and oil drillers and those damned loggers, who want to kill every tree, they see.
the " sorry-ass, out of shape slobs" corralled.
The parks are set up in a way so you have an easy access route, travelled by all of those, who don't really want to get out of their cars. And a lot of pristine ( to an european, anyway) backcountry.
Take Denali NP, they bus the slobs in, but walk a mile away from the busroad and there is no sign of them.
The thing is, the poor slobs don't want the backcountry experience, they want to take pictures of wildlife from their car windows. I don't think there is any danger of them invading the pristine solitude.
Personally I think the whole national park system is one of the things that makes America worth visiting ( aside from the friendly natives and pretty california girls
)Teddy Roosevelt did a great thing, when he saved all that land from miners and oil drillers and those damned loggers, who want to kill every tree, they see
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