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terminalE469 t1_j5pa5i0 wrote

Reply to comment by bigbluedoor in The Irving Family is the single largest landowner in Maine, owning 1,267,792 in the state. They have also planted more than 1 billion trees across Canada and the United States. by Raz0rRamon

im jealous of people out west that have greater access to atv and snowmobile trails because their access to them doesn’t hinge on the schedules and whims of logging companies.

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Azr431 t1_j5r90tj wrote

lol not even close to reality. The logging/paper product companies out west were always amenable to outdoorsmen. As they sold off parcels to private land owners, many of those private owners have closed off access in many ways. Look up the Wilkes brothers from Texas and the shit they’ve done in Idaho

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terminalE469 t1_j5rgkp4 wrote

i meant public land but yeah. we have those assholes here too

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Azr431 t1_j5t3wd2 wrote

Ah yeah, the public lands out west are great

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hike_me t1_j5s9u6i wrote

They’re talking about federal land (like BLM, National Forests, National Recreation Areas, etc). Out west hunting, ATVing, snowmobiling, etc is generally done on federal land. BLM generally allows more permissive use (like jeep trails and boondocking)

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