trump supporters in Cali not happy about gov't plans to sell off land they play on

[butters]

These rural Californians voted for Trump. Now the land they love is in danger.

For many conservative locals - off-roaders, ranchers and gun owners - that's exactly what Cow Mountain represents: a wild, working landscape managed by the federal government but used and loved by the people.

So when a Republican-backed proposal threatens to sell off large sections of public land, including places like Cow Mountain, it's not just environmentalists raising the alarm. Some of the loudest concerns are coming from the very conservative voters who helped send those politicians to Washington.

Nearly a century after Congress designated Cow Mountain for recreation, hunting and fishing, that legacy could now be at risk. A provision tucked into a federal budget reconciliation bill by Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee would authorize the sale of up to 3.3 million acres of public land across the West. Maps created by environmental nonprofit the Wilderness Society and Outdoor Alliance show the public land that could be eligible for sale under the bill. Cow Mountain is on the map.

"There's no way, no how it can be touched," Schrange said. But when asked what he'd do if the bill passed, he didn't hesitate. "I'm going to be the first to stand on every rooftop and say, ‘That ain't going to happen here.'"

go you! wonder if that'll stop them...

 

[Politruk]

"Cow Mountain" somehow sounds like it should be a punchline to something.

 

[Escierto]

Fuck them. They can all eat shit and die.

 

[PaxNurgle]

This should have been obvious to them BEFORE they voted for Trump. While it would be nice to just sit back and tell them "We told you so," the fact is, if these land sales go through, EVERYONE will suffer from loss of access to the outdoors. In Idaho, we've seen a ton of popular hiking, camping, fishing and trail riding spots get cut off and gated with "no tresspassing" signs in the last ten years- and these were just on already private lands that had traditionally been open to the public. If it keeps happening, you are going to have a ton of right-wing, White-nationalist conservatives who are going to be just as angry as liberals over this issue...