Absolutely agree with your assessment of the management style of the BLM, Michael. In Alaska, BLM land is literally crisscrossed with ATV trails. It's a travesty but there's nobody around to enforce the rules and the amount of land under BLM's "care" is truly humongous. Unmanageable, even without a government shutdown.
On Tue, Jan 8, 2019 at 10:05 AM Michael Patrick <geodes...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Joseph, I'm not stuck on class 27, but as you say, that fits the >> definition on the wiki. I should probably look for other specific >> protection in the attributes and translate that somehow. Mostly it's just >> grazing and recreation land. Anything such as wilderness or monument >> would definitely be tagged as such. >> > > "Multiple uses under BLM management include renewable energy development > (solar, wind, other); conventional energy development (oil and gas, coal); > livestock grazing; hardrock mining (gold, silver, other), timber > harvesting; and outdoor recreation (such as camping, hunting, rafting, and > off-highway vehicle driving). ... 36 million-acre system of National > Conservation Lands (including wilderness areas, wilderness study areas, > national monuments, national conservation areas, historic trails, and wild > and scenic rivers); protecting wild horse and burro rangeland; conserving > wildlife, fish, and plant habitat" > > Also agriculture. Burning Man's Black Rock City is leased from BLM under > an Special Recreation Permit (SRP). ... " crop harvesting, residential > occupancy, recreation facilities, construction equipment storage, assembly > yards, well pumps, and other uses." So, even though it might be BLM, it > could also be under a 50 year lease to a commercial entity, so for all > intents and purposes be regarded as private property - like massive solar ( > 19 million acres ) and wind ( 20 million acres ) energy farms. I seem to > recall a Nevada brothel was at one time operating on BLM land with a lease > and permit - pretty much, as long as you don't leave the land damaged and > it doesn't interfere with other planned uses, you can get a lease. > > Just saying, one class isn't going to do it. Mostly, 'exploited', not > 'protected'. > > Michael Patrick > Data Ferret > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us > -- Dave Swarthout Homer, Alaska Chiang Mai, Thailand Travel Blog at http://dswarthout.blogspot.com
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