Utah- what the hell?

[Andrew12gauge]

It’s not an urban problem, and barren ground along a freeway, and especially adjacent to Boise/Vegas/SLC/etc. city limits, is not exactly “the countryside”.

I often wonder how many of these anti-development comments on Rokslide come from people living in rural residential subdivisions.

Yea you’re right it’s not exactly countryside, so let’s sell that off now(nevermind the fact that every year there is plenty of recreation done both hunting and non hunting on that “barren ground” adjacent to western city “x”). How much of that barren ground do we need to sell before we are into truly wild or the countryside as you call it? Let’s use Boise as an example, I’m most familiar with Boise so it seems simple enough to draw a line, everything to the west is already private and in process of being developed, sell everything between Eagle and Emmett and Horseshoe Bend, everything between Boise and Idaho City, and we will draw an arcing line all the way over to mountain home and follow the snake river back to Melba. There we just took care of all that “barren ground” outside of Boise. Hopefully the wilks brothers bought it because if it wasn’t them it was china, you also just sold off the premier military training center(BLM ground, publicly accessible save a small portion closed for live fire exercises) so let’s hope our military can still train effectively. Let’s fast forward 10-20 years. There will be no barren land in what used to be federal public lands just outside of Boise. But now there are more barren lands just outside of the new Boise city limits. How far do we go this time? Where does the sale and development of each cities “barren outskirts” end?


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[ddd-shooter]

The shortsightedness of humans never ceases to impress.
When everything has been developed and sold to highest bidder, then what? Where does it end?
Do you REALLY not see that economics cannot account for intrinsic value of experiences and natural lands?

 

[IdahoBeav]

Yea you’re right it’s not exactly countryside, so let’s sell that off now(nevermind the fact that every year there is plenty of recreation done both hunting and non hunting on that “barren ground” adjacent to western city “x”). How much of that barren ground do we need to sell before we are into truly wild or the countryside as you call it? Let’s use Boise as an example, I’m most familiar with Boise so it seems simple enough to draw a line, everything to the west is already private and in process of being developed, sell everything between Eagle and Emmett and Horseshoe Bend, everything between Boise and Idaho City, and we will draw an arcing line all the way over to mountain home and follow the snake river back to Melba. There we just took care of all that “barren ground” outside of Boise. Hopefully the wilks brothers bought it because if it wasn’t them it was china, you also just sold off the premier military training center(BLM ground, publicly accessible save a small portion closed for live fire exercises) so let’s hope our military can still train effectively. Let’s fast forward 10-20 years. There will be no barren land in what used to be federal public lands just outside of Boise. But now there are more barren lands just outside of the new Boise city limits. How far do we go this time? Where does the sale and development of each cities “barren outskirts” end?


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See slippery slope logical fallacy, strawman argument, and appeal to emotion logical fallacy.


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[ddd-shooter]

See slippery slope logical fallacy, strawman argument, and appeal to emotion logical fallacy.


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No, he just took the argument to its logical end.
How about this:
How much land are you good with selling?
Who makes the determination of what land gets sold?
Who sets the price?
Who gets to buy the land?

 

[Crowmangler]

"Utah what the hell?" My thoughts exactly...

 

[CorbLand]

U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear Utah’s public lands challenge

The state in August filed a lawsuit asking the court to declare the federal Bureau of Land Management’s ownership of 18.5 million acres of land in Utah unconstitutional.

www.sltrib.com

 

[mtwarden]

Well there’s some good news.

 

[mtntppr]

Haven't read the entire thread, but as for the housing crisis, I don't believe this is a good way to solve the problem. Don't mean to sound harsh, but there really needs to be a moratorium on immigration for a good ten years or however long it takes to straighten the system out. You could sell off some of that land and build houses on it and another 4-8 years of what we just experienced, you'd have the same problem, and that land would be gone.

 

[Gobbler36]

Once the land is gone it’s gone forever. I’ve never seen “barren” public land as you state it there is always value to public land or someone who wants to enjoy it in some way.

But the idea that some land doesn’t have value in your eyes outside of developing it to increase the spread of urban sprawl ever further from urban wasteland epicenters just shows me you’re likely part of that problem. Cities are like cancers spreading ever outward destroying everything they touch. And that spread never wants to stop.

You mention land in close proximity to cities as being prime for development. But then once those lands are developed then the land surrounding those new developments becomes that “close proximity to cities” prime development land and the cycle continues. Those urban wastelands never stop growing and expanding.

It’s a crying shame when i drive by a spot that used to be wild and untouched to find subdivisions bracketed by Starbucks, strip malls, and fast food garbage.

That’s not progress brother. It benefits no one other than developers and urbanite hipsters that are causing the problems in the first place.

Amen
Can you be governor of idaho

 

[rogerdoger]

If you think they will keep the land you are nuts. Just do a little internet cruising and you can find the current state land that is up for auction in Utah.

Land Sale Auctions - Trust Lands Administration

Land sale auctions are usually held twice each year. Before a parcel of land can be sold, it must first be determined that selling the parcel is in the best interest of the beneficiaries. After a parcel is determined to be eligible for sale, cultural and environmental clearance, as well as...

trustlands.utah.gov

Also, one bad fire season Utah will be begging for federal funds to fight fires. When land goes to state land it has to make money for the state if not they sell. Look up the sta

in the valley I live in MT we are surrounded by NF, the problem is not that. The problem is the ultra wealthy buying 90 acres of land and building vacation houses. This action has shut out more housing for working than anything else.

All be careful, there are I believe 14 other states with politicians backing this bill, Wyoming is one of them.

 

[CHIEF CRNA]

Got two different emails today.

One is our friend Senator Mike Lee's HOUSE Act- lets states and local govts buy up federal lands to put houses up- low income, condos, whatever...... great idea Mike!

https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2023/12/03/opinion-dont-be-fooled-by-mike/

Then evidently the state of Utah not to be outdone; the state legislature is pushing a suit to control 18.5 million acres of public federal lands.

https://www.boisestatepublicradio.o...control-over-millions-of-acres-of-public-land

Nice work!

Got to have homes for all those extra wives..

 

[mtwarden]

And im not accusing mtwarden of fearmongering as i know he just had geniune concern like most hunters and probably isnt spending his time tapped into legal rumour mill.

Correct; but I'm very much appreciative of folks who do keep a close eye on public land issues.

Pre internet days this issue would be a lot tougher to stay abreast.

 

[CorbLand]

it wasnt a bill. It was a lawsuit. It had virtually no chance of success the day it was filed. That dropped to powerball percentage chances after the last court filing. Everyone in the conservation sphere knew it was dead at the time i wrote the below message even though the supreme court hadnt finished nailing the coffin shut by not taking it. Thats how i could reliable say it was dead back in 2024. But many in the conservation industry still wanted to huff and puff about it as the end of public land hunting just as i said in my post 178. And im not accusing mtwarden of fearmongering as i know he just had geniune concern like most hunters and probably isnt spending his time tapped into legal rumour mill.




Yup PLT will always be an issue some support. Dont want utah legislators to get a foothold on the issue? The conservation industrial complex needs to Stop making ppl like mike lee look like a genius when he pushes back on almost every big national issue other than PLT whilst the conservation industry is silent or on the complete wrong side. I can and have cited many examples.

The hard thing with issues like this is that part of the reason that they do fail is because people get up in arms about it. In order for them to keep failing, people need to stay vigilant and willing to "fight."

I agree that people do go over the top with it, we have seen that on this forum a few times but the argument of its dead in the water is not a reason to not pay attention or have the conversations. Not doing that is the sure fire way to ensure that one time its not dead in the water. Colorado wolves is a great example of this happening.

 

[rogerdoger]

All should also look to see who in your state supports this type of nonsense. In previous post I mentioned 14 states backed the lawsuit, it was only 12. Below is an article of the states and organizations that backed the lawsuit.

12 states get behind Utah’s lawsuit to take over millions of acres of federally-controlled land • Idaho Capital Sun

States, including Idaho, support Utah’s lawsuit that questions whether the BLM can hold onto millions acres of public land.

idahocapitalsun.com