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Well the bill discussed here:

Lex Anteinternet: Protesting Too Much: Lex Anteinternet: The return...:   I've commented several times on this year's legislative efforts regarding the Federal lands in the state, with a comment on the...

passed.  Although not without the irony of one of the sponsors otherwise noting that the Legislature is spending too much money on tasks forces that could otherwise simply be handled by legislative committees.  No doubt, of course, he doesn't see it that way, as this study could not be handled by a legislative task force.

We'll see how this plays out, but my prediction is that the state will come back with a study that shows it could do a better job of managing the Federal land, even though I doubt it could.  It'll propose that the the Federal government, which represents the 300 plus million landowners, who will decline the state's suggestion, and the state will be mad.  So, $100,00 will be spent on a dubious proposition that has no chance of becoming reality.

That won't be all, however.  Local sportsmen, a large contingency of voters, won't forget this, and they largely have no beef with Federal land management.  This will, in the end, come back to haunt some of those who supported this bill, and it'll turn out to be a bill which actually has very few who really support its goals outside of those who think it will expedite use for industry and free local industry from Federal control.  In reality, that same industry isn't really doing much complaining about Federal oversight, however, and is used to working with the Federal government. So this will be a gift that just keeps on giving, but not in the anticipated manner.