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Given the challenges we face with climate change, it should be going the other way. The government should be buying more land back east and slowing down on leas
by arrosenberg 6y ago
Given the challenges we face with climate change, it should be going the other way. The government should be buying more land back east and slowing down on leasing. We need to give more land back to nature, and the Fed has the resources and longevity to oversee that type of project.
- ajmurmann 6y agoNot only climate change but even just restoring wildlife habitats. I'd love to see an effort to minimize land used or modified by humans.
- lend000 6y agoGovernment leased land tends to contribute far more to climate change. Landowners tend to be better stewards of their property than renters or bureaucrats. Examples include cattle overgrazing on BLM land, fracking on leased land, military activities (the worst offender of them all) and really any mineral/oil/gas/water exploitation in which the user has no incentive to keep the land in good quality (e.g. maintaining a resale value). It's counterintuitive, but unless you make it all a National Park, pretty much every other government land use will cause more harm than privatization.