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Braxton McCoy

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The Shawn Ryan Show
#213 Braxton McCoy - Why is the US Government Selling Millions of Acres of Public Land?

That's okay at national parks or developed campgrounds, but on undeveloped ground, it doesn't cost you anything.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#213 Braxton McCoy - Why is the US Government Selling Millions of Acres of Public Land?

You can just go out and use it whenever you want.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#213 Braxton McCoy - Why is the US Government Selling Millions of Acres of Public Land?

Even if you live in Hoboken, New Jersey, you know?

The Shawn Ryan Show
#213 Braxton McCoy - Why is the US Government Selling Millions of Acres of Public Land?

that's what it's being used for and a there is that is some of the stuff that it's being used for there's a multiple mandate multiple use mandate in place right now under flipma which is the federal land and policy management act uh what that multiple use mandate guarantees is the preservation of the land

The Shawn Ryan Show
#213 Braxton McCoy - Why is the US Government Selling Millions of Acres of Public Land?

for its own value and also for the use of the American people.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#213 Braxton McCoy - Why is the US Government Selling Millions of Acres of Public Land?

So for recreating, grazing, extraction.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#213 Braxton McCoy - Why is the US Government Selling Millions of Acres of Public Land?

In the past, I would argue from a conservative right-wing perspective that

The Shawn Ryan Show
#213 Braxton McCoy - Why is the US Government Selling Millions of Acres of Public Land?

A lot of the managers within these agencies have stood in the way of parts of that multiple use.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#213 Braxton McCoy - Why is the US Government Selling Millions of Acres of Public Land?

You can just imagine someone saying, well, I want to bid on this piece of timber.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#213 Braxton McCoy - Why is the US Government Selling Millions of Acres of Public Land?

Here's our reason why we think this will fit within FLIPMA, and I want to go through that process.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#213 Braxton McCoy - Why is the US Government Selling Millions of Acres of Public Land?

And then it gets stalled by bureaucrats within an agency.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#213 Braxton McCoy - Why is the US Government Selling Millions of Acres of Public Land?

So I can understand the frustration, because I think FLIPMA...

The Shawn Ryan Show
#213 Braxton McCoy - Why is the US Government Selling Millions of Acres of Public Land?

gets abused in a lot of ways under like NEPA and others.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#213 Braxton McCoy - Why is the US Government Selling Millions of Acres of Public Land?

What is FLBMA?

The Shawn Ryan Show
#213 Braxton McCoy - Why is the US Government Selling Millions of Acres of Public Land?

Federal Land and Policy Management Act.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#213 Braxton McCoy - Why is the US Government Selling Millions of Acres of Public Land?

It has been abused, for sure.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#213 Braxton McCoy - Why is the US Government Selling Millions of Acres of Public Land?

But it's also been used well.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#213 Braxton McCoy - Why is the US Government Selling Millions of Acres of Public Land?

I mean, guys are still out grazing.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#213 Braxton McCoy - Why is the US Government Selling Millions of Acres of Public Land?

Some of them maybe not as long as they want to, and there's probably strong arguments in some of these cases for being able to graze a little more than they're grazing now, but...

The Shawn Ryan Show
#213 Braxton McCoy - Why is the US Government Selling Millions of Acres of Public Land?

They're at least out there grazing.