Utah lost Patagonia and likely other Outdoor Retailers

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[quote FishingLunatic]2. If you really think state management of public lands is currently better than federal management, do you think that the state could maintain their "higher standard or quality" of management if they theoretically inherited all of the federal public lands?[/quote][font "Times New Roman"] [/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][#800000]Let’s take a look at state vs federal land management for just one specific use; ice fishing. For comparison, let’s look at both federal and state venues. All are in the northern region of Utah and are used heavily during the winter months by people ice fishing. On the Federal side you have Pineview and Strawberry; on the State side you have Hyrum, Willard Bay, East Canyon, & Rockport.[/#800000][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][#800000]All 4 of these State parks have their launch area parking lots fully plowed and available for public use 24/7. Pineview has two launch areas and Strawberry has 4 to the best of my knowledge. Of the six available, only one is plowed and that is solely because there is privately run business that remains open 365 days a year at Strawberry Bay Marina and they are footing the bill or at least part of it to keep the Marina open in the winter time. The rest aren’t maintained at all which says screw the public from the Federal Government. It’s clear to me and a whole lot of other folks that the State is doing one Hell of a lot better managing their land in Utah than the Federal Government is.[/#800000][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][#800000]The Feds don’t give a rats behind about serving John Q Public. They think they have a higher purpose – whatever the Hell that is. We need more Federal intrusion in Utah like we need another hole in our heads.[/#800000][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][#800000]There are other areas of comparison that will show similar results, but presenting them is both time consuming and tiresome and my time would be better spent planning my next adventure on the ice or in a duck blind.[/#800000][/font]
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