More and more I see the Bureau of Land Management claim “federally-owned public land.” This is so incredibly incorrect.

When I was with the BLM in the 1990s we referred to public lands as “federal public lands” and “federally administered public lands.”

Never once did we claim ownership of public lands, land that belongs by definition to each American. I absolutely do not support this fallacy of “federally-owned public lands.”

This is the new nonsense attitude of land management agencies, with the unofficial slogan “The public are too stupid to know what to do with public lands so we’re going to protect the public from themselves.”

Further, federally-administered public lands are MULTIPLE USE. Grazing leases, mining leases, water leases, oil leases, timber leases, and gas leases are available to Americans. In part, this is how public lands are defined. Not single use at the whim of resource area offices. MULTIPLE USE.

And, no, “federal public land” is not the same as “federally-owned public land.” The designation “federal” differentiates the public land from other public lands, such as county public land and state public land.

Point: The federal government DOES NOT own our public lands. The federal government administers our public lands in the public trust. Americans own federal public lands. Not the federal government.

I’ve seen this B.S. claim from the BLM so often it’s time to write my Senator, Congressman, and the Secretary of the Interior. I’m displeased, I am.

***The National Park Service is a specific designation where public resource leases are removed from accessibility.

***Don’t get me going on these huge unethical and most probably illegal ⁹

***The difference between the designation National Park and National Monument is parks are designated through congress and monuments are designated through the president.