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When I read your post I was shocked. What I wrote was not meant to be offensive in any way. But when I read what I had written again I could see where it might be taken that way.

What I was...

Let me make sure I understand something here. Are you advocating turning over federal lands to states? If so, I am very much opposed to that idea.

Anybody with a lawyer can file suit in...

I support wilderness as envisioned by Congress when they passed the Wilderness Act. Wilderness areas that are full of roads, hammered by ORVs, etc. are not wilderness.

And for the most part I...

Who said anything about untouched! Read my previous post again and if you get past your apparent distaste for the federal government you will find I support appropriate management.

The fact that...

I am not exactly sure what you mean by "What would I have done about the fires". Do you mean how would I manage the forest systems? Would I have let the fires burn?

It seems the topic has...

With all due respect SilverMallard, hoping for the best is not the way to manage public lands. States are not equipped in a great many cases to manage huge tracts of public lands for a number of...

From many years of experience I can confidently say that vesting states with any power to oversee federally owned public lands is a mistake. In my home state of North Dakota, the state government...