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Public Land’s Collectivist Roots
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Public Land’s Collectivist Roots

By Jon Hersey

Nov 20, 2018
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Today, in the “land of the free,” four federal agencies control about 610 million acres or roughly 28 percent of all American land. That’s more than all the land in Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico combined. State governments own more on top of this. These lands include state and national parks and f…

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