Idaho continues to sell state land

Idaho has sold 100,434 acres of state land since 2000, part of the 41 percent of land it has sold since Congress gave it at statehood. The land sales over more than a century have gone to timber companies, cattle ranchers, private fishing clubs and lakeside homeowners on Priest and Payette lakes, analysis of an Idaho Department of Lands database obtained by The Wilderness Society through a public records request. The group advocates keeping national forests and public lands under federal control. “History is clear on what will happen if our national public lands are given to the state,” said Brad Brooks, The Wilderness Society’s Boise-based deputy regional director. “They’re almost certain to end up in hands that will lock the public out”/ Rocky Barker , Idaho Statesman. More here.

Question: And we can trust the state to do right if it gained control of federal lands?