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Roughly 57% of forested lands in Caifornia are federally-managed and as another poster pointed out a significant amount of money is sent to the federal governme
by binarycrusader 6y ago
Roughly 57% of forested lands in Caifornia are federally-managed and as another poster pointed out a significant amount of money is sent to the federal government by California and its residents. You’re getting downvoted because you’re wrongly implying that California is financially insolvent and looking for money it wouldn’t have on its own. The truth is that California and its residents subsidize many other parts of the US.
Disclaimer: I don’t live in California.
- hindsightbias 6y agoCA only owns 5% of the forests. The rest is private or federal.
- binarycrusader 6y agoActually, to be precise, and assuming this source is accurate: There are 33 million acres of forest(ed) lands in California. Federal ownership is 19 million acres = 57% State and local agencies (including land trusts) own 3% Privately owned forest lands are 13.3 million acres = 40% Industrial private owners are 4.7 million acres = 14% Non-industrial privately owned forest lands are 9 million acres = 26% Non-corporate private forest lands are 7.9 million acres REITs and other investment devices are 344,000 acres https://www.forestunlimited.org/resources/california-forest-statistics/ https://www.forestunlimited.org/resources/california-forest-...