Write an argument for keeping public lands under federal control in the Intermountain West.
Public lands make up a huge proportion of the region between the crest of the Sierra Nevada and the Continental Divide in the Rockies, also known as the Intermountain West, and most of these lands are owned by the Federal government. Many residents of this sparsely populated region resent the control of these lands by distant bureaucrats whose regulations place significant restrictions on how the land is used. For this reason, movements have been ongoing for many years to work for the transfer of those lands to local authorities. While this sense of disenfranchisement is understandable, the truth is that local residents would suffer more from the loss of centralized management of these lands than they would gain through local control. This region is mostly desert, a landscape and ecosystem that is unusually vulnerable to degradation. Without the concerted efforts of an administration that can apply consistent regulation and stewardship of these lands across a broad territory that crosses state boundaries, the value of these lands to local residents would decline even further, becoming less productive and less attractive to the hunters, fishermen, and other tourists whose spending represents the majority of income for many of these Intermountain communities.
Escreva um argumento para manter as terras públicas sob controle federal no Intermountain West.
As terras públicas compõem uma enorme parte da região entre a crista da Serra Nevada e a divisão continental nas Montanhas Rochosas, também conhecida como o Ocidente Intermontano, e a maioria dessas terras é de propriedade do governo federal. Muitos residentes desta região pouco povoada se ressentem do controle dessas terras por burocratas distantes cujos regulamentos impõem restrições significativas sobre como a terra é usada. Por essa razão, há muitos anos que se movem para trabalhar pela transferência dessas terras para as autoridades locais. Embora esse sentimento de privação de direitos seja compreensível, a verdade é que os residentes locais sofreriam mais com a perda da gestão centralizada dessas terras do que ganhariam através do controle local.