I have never been such a tool that I was left with only public land to hunt or trap.

Henry Ford did that.

At least I know when I worked for British Petroleum in Alaska we were selling British oil.

"Alyeska Pipeline Service Company completed the pipeline in 1977 at a cost of $8 billion for the two-year project, the largest privately funded construction effort at that time. "

"The Interior Department approved about 2,500 permits to drill on public and tribal lands in the first six months of the year, according to an Associated Press analysis of government data. That includes more than 2,100 drilling approvals since Biden took office January 20."

"If the recent trends continue, the Interior Department could issue close to 6,000 permits by the end of the year(2021). The last time so many were issued was fiscal year 2008, amid an oil boom driven by crude prices that reached an all-time high of $140 per barrel that June."

"Every indication is they have no plans of actually fulfilling their campaign promise," said Mitch Jones, policy director for the environmental group Food & Water Watch. "The result of that will be continued and increasing development of fossil fuels on public lands, which means more climate change."

Guess what, politicians lie.

Hobbie trapper you have no understanding of the west, in Wy. alone we have over !8 million acre of public land to trap, hunt, fish and camp? Because of public lands in Wy. we pay no state income tax or tax on food. How big is the state of Maryland?? Only a fool would want 18 million acres of his stomping grounds gone. Also when Bill Gates and the Koch Bros. buy all our and your public land we are not going to hunting or trapping on it. Never been such a fool to let a good deal go south because of big oil and quick money by the oil companies. Why does everyone out east want to come to the west and run long lines where you dont see anyone for days, enjoy clean air and see antelope, mule deer whitetail and elk almost daily.