Heritage Foundation presentation: Panelists talk about federal land management in western states, the operational legal theories, and the possibility of transferring control of those lands to the states. Topics include ways to preserve the environment, benefit local economies, and protect public recreation.
“Rethinking Federal Management of Western Lands: Bringing Solutions to Washington.”
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Friday, August 1, 2014
Who Owns the West?
This map, created by Stanford's alumni magazine and republished by Bigthink, shows just how much federal ownership dominates the West. In effect, the map serves as a visual representation of changing land policies. The federal government kept a tighter hold on land from the 1890s on. And that time period was when the Western states were settled and formed.
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