Kind of got this wrong. The State runs on oil royalties and oil taxes mostly extracted on State land and the earnings on the State's investment fund (invested oil royalties). The check that every owner of the oil gets is just part of the yearly earnings of the investment fund. Royalties are the State selling the State's oil to the oil companies. Taxes are the State being greedy.

P.S. If I had to guess, I would guess that Federal land in Alaska is a money loser. My guess would be the Federal government spends more money managing it than the revenue it generates?

I've seen new houses popping up on BLM land between Laramie and Cheyenne. I figger if a person offers enough money a piece can be bought.

1 percent of Alaska is privately owned. It will probably take a 50 years to get to 2%.if we are lucky.

Where is this Gary, haven't heard of this at all. BLM lands sold or exchanged get published. Not much BLM between the 2 towns and all of it is still there from what I can find.

Just north of the Vedauwoo road are new houses where there was once nothing

In my opinion most politicians don't care as they have no interest in it. It's just that they know somebody who cares and has money to spend on development, houses, political races, etc. That money gets their attention.
I would rather have it in public trust than closed to most of America or commercialized out of common Joe's reach.
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Yes i realize those are in parks, but once the ball starts rolling, its just a matter of time.

Preacherman Les preaching’ the truth!!!!

Happy trapping! ScottW

Lack of water is already a problem in Western cities. Fountain CO used to be thousands of acres of fruit trees. Now that water goes to residential use. LA San Diego have non stop water trouble now. Salt lake city not far behind. Lack of water will prevent most residential use. There is not a lot of places that can be irrigated. If you want to see them get on google earth and look for circles.

Who owns alaska

Perspective. ^^^^^^^^

https://idahocapitalsun.com/2024/10...s-of-acres-of-federally-controlled-land/

A good article for context and info. Potentially NOT good in so many ways. Happy trapping! ScottW

That was not BLM land, it was and is private. BLM is still there, also some state lands.
I know someone that lives in that area.

You guys who think maintaining public land in federal hands is all "wonderfulness" may wish to consider possible consequences. Especially if you really believe that the federal government will always respect and honor State management of game and hunting.

Here in Alaska, the feds have shown their true colors. Rather than respecting tradition and even the law, federal land management agencies have just barged ahead and made their own hunting regulations.

In several areas they simply closed hunting to "non-local" hunters for various species of big game on vast expanses of "public" land.

Be careful what you wish for! You might get it. The feds here have NO respect for state laws and regulations regarding hunting.

Pete

If I hunt or trap Federal land in another state, why do I need a nonresident state hunting/trapping license? It's my land.

Because wildlife is owned and managed (for the most part) by the state. Happy trapping! ScottW

But on the flip side if land ownership were transferred to the states for large chunks of now federal property and the state chooses to sell it to private……then it’s likely even worse for any use at all for most folks. Yes, it’s theoretical, but that’s what many want. Sadly, very few politicians out west are TRULY sportspersons at all. Happy trapping! ScottW

In the astute words of Crocodile Dundee-people fighting over who owns the land is like two fleas fighting over who owns the dog.