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[QUOTE=djg21;2130485]Which is why it makes no sense for politicians in the State to protest executive orders setting aside national monuments and forests [/
It comes down to local control, as a percentage of land the federal government already controls HUGE parts of most Western states and can make life miserable for them. We don't have anything like it here in the east where the states control most land and there isn't much open or declared federal land. Just imagine if all the state parks in NY or NJ became federal land and how that would affect choices the state gov could make.
Most in these states just want local control and management, not being dictated by the whims of bureaucrats in Washington but the government in the capital of their state.
As a cyclist who likes to ride off road sometimes, it's easier to call up your state parks service and work out a new trail or trail maintenance then it is to go deal with someone at the fed gov to get it done..
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