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Republican Plan To Sell Off Your Public Land Shaping Up To Be Major Election Issue
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Nov 13, 2015 01:00pm |
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| Category | Perspective |
| Author | Wes Siler |
| News Date | Thursday, November 12, 2015 09:15:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Republican politicians want to sell your National Forests, Wildernesses and Wildlife Refuges to private interests. And that’s particularly controversial out west, where state economies rely on outdoor recreation for billions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of jobs. New data shows this will be a hot issue in key battleground states.
Back in March, nearly the entire Republican Senate voted for a measure that would give states control of public lands within their borders. The move was unilaterally opposed by democrats. It appears as if this was the opening salvo in a battle to sell these lands off to private companies for the purposes of resource exploitation.
This would also result in a proliferation of locked gates and no-trespassing signs in places that have been open to the public and used for generations. This would devastate outdoor traditions like hunting, camping and fishing that are among the pillars of Western culture and a thriving outdoor recreation economy. |
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