If you speak real estate, as I have done for almost a half-century, the meanings of the justifications for federal land grabs are crystal clear–and as bogus as the day is long.
The federal government has long taken land from people like you and me before turning around and rewarding big political supporters with the means of production from that land. Rancher Bundy in Nevada may have been forced to pay grazing fees to the federal government, but if he had been a big enough Democrat contributor, especially to the right candidates, he would likely have had those fees waived.
As pointed out in my recent posts, the federal government already owns about 1/3 of the country and the majority of the land in several states. (Check out maps in my previous posts) Clearly the feds will not stop until private ownership goes the way of the dodo bird.
Rick Wells wrote in Your Daily Dose of Conservatism the following as a part of a series that began here and that includes Page 7 of 22, Secret Internal BLM Planning Document: (emphasis and underlining mine)
While there are several meanings for the word rationalize, the most logical definition, based upon the context of the document is: to remove unreasonable elements from. In the text below I have once again underlined those words or phrases which could be problematic. Information contained on this page appears to indicate that in addition to their stated goals of land acquisition, BLM is now entering the real estate speculation market, with the ability to offer condemned land prices by eminent domain, when purchasing from private individuals, while having great flexibility in pricing at the time of sale from their portfolio under FLTFA. (Note from Marian: this is the utimate redistribution of wealth. After the real estate crash of the 1980′s, most of the houses the government owned under RTC disappeared into the pockets of their cronies. This situation will be very similar).As the second component of its Treasured Landscapes initiative, the BLM proposes to rationalize its existing public land holdings. Through consolidation of its protected land base and reduced fragmentation, the BLM will be better able to mitigate adverse impacts on wildlife habitat, recreation, vegetation, cultural resources and other values. To that end, the BLM will (1) pursue a program of land consolidation to address its checker-boarded lands, particularly in Nevada, Oregon, California, Wyoming and Utah, where the problem is most acute, (2) seek to acquire properties adjacent to its current holdings, if needed to preserve ecosystems integrity, and (3) attempt to divest itself of the scattered and low-value landholdings that it has identified for disposal through a land-use planning process. To achieve these objectives, the BLM will rely on its land-exchange and land-acquisition programs and depend on the availability and vitality of three critical management tools: (1) the Land and Water Conservation Fund, (2) the Federal Land Transfer Facilitation Act; and (3) a new program of renewable energy offsets. 4. The Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) The Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) provides a primary means for BLM to acquire lands worthy of long-term protection. LWCF funds may be used to acquire privately owned lands and waters that are adjacent to or within BLM special areas, including National Conservation Areas, National Historic and Scenic Trails, National Wild and Scenic River corridors, Wilderness, Areas of Critical Environmental Concern and Special Recreation Management Areas. The President’s budget for 2010 includes a total of $419.9 million for LWCF programs, including $25 million for BLM; $65 million for USFWS; $68 million for NPS; and $12.1 million for appraisal services. In FY 2010, the BLM requested LWCF funding to acquire 52,500 acres in 37 areas, with an estimated value of $58 million. In FY 2011, the BLM requested LWCF funding to acquire 47,100 acres in 40 areas, with and estimated value of $82 million. The outyear funding estimates for LWCF needs are based on a number of recent land acquisition opportunities. The majority of these monies would be used to acquire land for the NLCS and other BLM Treasured Landscapes. 5. The Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act (FLTFA) The BLM is the lead agency for administering the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act (FLTFA). Prior to the passage of FLTFA, funds generated by BLM land sales were deposited directly into the U.S. Treasury, providing no direct conservation value to the nation. FLTFA established the Federal Land Disposal Account that allows the BLM to sell lands with low conservation values to generate funds for the purchase of lands with high conservation
The original document of page 7 appears below. Page 8 of the BLM secret strategy will be published tomorrow. 
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