I agree with keeping ownership on much of this land. What can be an issue to me is the "preservationists" that want no change, ever, to the land that could hold so many benefits to our people. I think we do need to exploit some of these things. They were put there for us to use....but we need to do so wisely. That is not impossible.
I think we all know that land and habitat can be made better via management......so what is different in federally owned land?