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I think at the end of the day we need to reduce our BLM lands in favor of increasing our wilderness. The problems he describes are solved simply by not allowing
by sulam 6y ago
I think at the end of the day we need to reduce our BLM lands in favor of increasing our wilderness. The problems he describes are solved simply by not allowing people to RV, 4-wheel, or motorbike their way wherever they feel like. I run into trash in the more popular parts of the wilderness areas I love, but I have to look for it, and it's my personal offset for adding load to the wilderness with my presence.
- Sunny2203 6y agoDo you not understand that there is BLM wilderness? We don't reduce public lands to increase wilderness. Wilderness is designated on public lands by Congress and it can be BLM, USFS, USFWS or NPS lands.
- sulam 6y agoI don't hang out much in BLM lands (way too noisy, way too much trash), so there's probably some nuance here that is lost on me, yes. What I mean is that we should take more of the set aside public lands and deem them off limits to motor vehicles. These "designated wildernesses" don't have the problems he describes, except in the most extreme cases (Sierras, AT).
- cbm-vic-20 6y agoCGP Grey did an interesting video on the differences between the agencies that own federal land in the US: https://youtu.be/LruaD7XhQ50?t=180 https://youtu.be/LruaD7XhQ50?t=180 (Start from the beginning for more context)