If you don't have time to read the entire article scroll to the bottom and read the summary about what's happening out West. I'll give you the quick and dirty according to this author:
1st, get all the ranchers, farmers, Native Americans, and foresters that use the land for positive, sustainable production off of the land;
2nd, grab up all the resources;
3rd, close off the lands to public access including camping, hiking, horseback riding, hunting, fishing, boating, shooting, etc;
4th, sell off the resources to the highest bidder regardless of what that will do to the land, the local environment, or the economy;
5th, collect royalties on the resources in perpetuity;
6th, reduce and eliminate all SLS and PILT payments to the states, impoverishing them beyond belief.)And finally:
