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jameister
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GRASS FOR ACCESS: If your livestock grazes on public lands, then the public should be allowed access to those same lands.
Wouldn't this be the basis for a simple solution to gather public support for continued grazing on public lands, as well as a way to restore or establish or maintain access for sportsmen? Leaseholders on State and Federal grazing leases, should be required to provide permitted, licensed, hunters and fisherman access to those same public lands.. Not to say that public could hunt the private sections, posting and maps can help this, but access should be permitted across those private sections to the same landlocked public lands the grazing leases allow private livestock to graze on.
Maybe just access for the specific hunting season or game unit season. just like the cattle only have a few months to graze on the public lands... but a seasonal open access is better than no open access.
Maybe just the parties that have a tag-holding member in the party.
Maybe just the tag holder himself, with no guides (dificult and maybe impossible but wouldnt that be sweet?)
Maybe just state residents to state land, but all US citizens to Public land? not sure of implications there.
Maybe require a state drivers license or ID along with the hunting license to be verified to obtain access, or to post the hunting license number on the public access checkin station?
Rnachers want special compensation? perhaps they are not quite awake to their lack of true ownership to the public lands they want compensation for?
Maybe a six-mile maximum lockout distance, so that private landrights are maintained, but we see more and more money buying and locking up access to the big ranches, which are often more public land than private, but the only access historically was on roads that were not fully public or recorded acess roads.. now the single gate closes all public access to historically open public lands.
Now I am all for leaving it up to the lease conditions and the game and fish dept or USFS or BLM or STate Land Dept arrangements with the rancher whether to allow for FOOT ACCESS ONLY< no vehicles, or ATV's or even horses. Of course if he is using vehicle access actoss the publis lands then maybe that allows him to sell rights for horse or venicle or ATV access, since they require gates to pass through fences. I am sure there are lots of reasons against this proposal, but there may also be lots of reasons for it.. and for every problem, maybe someone can come up with a solution?
Opinions?
Wouldn't this be the basis for a simple solution to gather public support for continued grazing on public lands, as well as a way to restore or establish or maintain access for sportsmen? Leaseholders on State and Federal grazing leases, should be required to provide permitted, licensed, hunters and fisherman access to those same public lands.. Not to say that public could hunt the private sections, posting and maps can help this, but access should be permitted across those private sections to the same landlocked public lands the grazing leases allow private livestock to graze on.
Maybe just access for the specific hunting season or game unit season. just like the cattle only have a few months to graze on the public lands... but a seasonal open access is better than no open access.
Maybe just the parties that have a tag-holding member in the party.
Maybe just the tag holder himself, with no guides (dificult and maybe impossible but wouldnt that be sweet?)
Maybe just state residents to state land, but all US citizens to Public land? not sure of implications there.
Maybe require a state drivers license or ID along with the hunting license to be verified to obtain access, or to post the hunting license number on the public access checkin station?
Rnachers want special compensation? perhaps they are not quite awake to their lack of true ownership to the public lands they want compensation for?
Maybe a six-mile maximum lockout distance, so that private landrights are maintained, but we see more and more money buying and locking up access to the big ranches, which are often more public land than private, but the only access historically was on roads that were not fully public or recorded acess roads.. now the single gate closes all public access to historically open public lands.
Now I am all for leaving it up to the lease conditions and the game and fish dept or USFS or BLM or STate Land Dept arrangements with the rancher whether to allow for FOOT ACCESS ONLY< no vehicles, or ATV's or even horses. Of course if he is using vehicle access actoss the publis lands then maybe that allows him to sell rights for horse or venicle or ATV access, since they require gates to pass through fences. I am sure there are lots of reasons against this proposal, but there may also be lots of reasons for it.. and for every problem, maybe someone can come up with a solution?
Opinions?
