Part II OCPA - The romance and reality of federal lands #TransferPublicLands @AmericanLandsCN @OCPAThink Today, the federal government owns just 4% of the land outside of Alaska and the 11 western continental states. The federal government owns nearly half—47%—of the land in the 11 western states. In Alaska, the federal government owns 62% of the land. Many Western communities have been devastated< > by the combination of federal lands and the policies that restrict their use. Some Western counties depend on federal aid to make up for the property taxes they cannot collect on federal lands. Congress calls this aid “payments in lieu of taxes,” but in the West it is often referred to as “pennies in lieu of trillions.” Meanwhile, federal forest management practices have led to disastrous fires. - See more at: ocpathink.org/articles/2862#sthash.MeRQTNf1.dpuf ocpathink.org/articles/2862
Posted on: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 21:37:17 +0000
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