Government wants to sell thousands of acres

The Seattle Times reports:

The Bush administration on Friday proposed the largest Forest Service land sale in decades, listing 309,421 acres in more than 30 states — including nearly 7,500 acres in Washington state.

The plan, which requires congressional approval, would funnel the money from sales to rural counties, in part to replace proposed cutbacks of federal dollars that now help pay for schools and roads.

Most of the Forest Service tracts are small, isolated parcels adjacent to private or state land. Successful bidders could develop, or possibly log, these lands so long as they complied with state and local land-use laws.

You might want to show this post to those who say "they aren't making any more land".They might not be making anymore land but hard up governments can all of the sudden sell some land holdings to raise cash.We predict this is just the beginning of a huge trend in this area.