[putnambr]

It's not Colorado's land to burn, though. Most of the issue is fuels load on federally-managed land.

[jwie]

This quirk of the west should really be addressed. The feds “own” far too much of the western US.

[Sakos]

The federal government is infinitely better than some local government selling it off to pad their budget for a year or two. Tragedy of the commons.

[putnambr]

Uhh, no. Fed just needs to relax regulations around air quality, especially when the thing they're saying no to will improve air quality in the long run. I recreate on our federal lands and can't imagine the same access in state or private hands. State ownership inevitably leads to valuing extraction activities over recreation activities, if not just selling it to the highest bidder (Wilkes Brothers) directly.