Originally posted by Etxnoodler
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Yes, timber companies can up and sell. But the land loses so much value after the timber is removed, its a huge loss for them. Also, entering into the favorable taxes means you will keep land as managed land for a certain period of years. So if a timber company decided it wanted to buy land, log it, and sell it, its required to stay as public, and the land takes a huge hit in value.
I would ask this. How much land has the Federal Government taken in the past 10 years, vs how much have they given back?
Yes, tags are currently relatively easy to get, for public land, which contains significantly fewer animals, especially ones of size. Private lands offer much larger, as well as lands controlled by the state (Colorado has a select few units with giant elk, but it takes years and $$$ to get tags to those units for out of state folks)
I also know there are 50 states which manage their own public land differently from the next. Maybe we need to look to what each state does, see what works and what doesn't, and model the federal system after that. But what is happening right now isn't the best we can possibly do.
You mention land around Vail and the price. In the grand scheme of the Rockies, this is but a fly on the ***** of an elephant. It's insignificant.
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