[Westy]

Sorry if this is been posted before could not find it in a search.

Our fearless leader has proposed selling 301,000 acres of national forest to raise 800 million for rural schools. It is relatively cheap at about $2700 an acre. I'll be trying to buy some, you might like some too. Don't know if you can build on it, probably only zoned for logging, coal mining or hazardous waste dumping.

http://www.fs.fed.us/land/staff/spd.html#Virginia

 

[peter6061]

Wonder if it will still be 'National Forest' after purchased. I could go for 300 acres of NF for some personal trails...

*edit: Granted I dont have $800,000

*edit2: Now if I buy 100 and you buy 100 and someone else buys 100 etc,... we could have a pretty cool place....

 

[Westy]

I'm pretty sure it would no longer be national forest. I doubt the property would go for just a few thousand an acre. I'm sure it will mainly be logging companies and developers trying to get their hands on it. I think it is a horrible idea but if it is going to happen I'll at least try to buy some, if nothing else I can bid and help jack the price up for the jerk who finally gets it.

 

[peter6061]

I forwarded it to my wife, but she knocked me down from 300 to 20-30 and even then thinks we would be outbid.

Do you know if any of the trails we normally ride are in any of these parcels. It would be a shame if we lost our riding areas to coroporations that immediately made them private property.

Where can you get a map of the areas?

 

[GumbaFish]

Who the hell cares about loosing riding areas when we can be loosing national forests to raise money for his retarded education program to be implemented even more. I really need to move to canada.

 

[peter6061]

Who the hell cares about loosing riding areas when we can be loosing national forests to raise money for his retarded education program to be implemented even more. I really need to move to canada.

Well, we have so few places to ride around here that losing a couple is not really an option I'd like to hear of. I'd prefer this didn't take place at all, but if it does I at least want an option of saving some of the land for myself and future generations.

If you want to move to Canada, just go. I tired of hearing people complain about this country, threaten to leave, and then just stay. If you don't like it, try to make a change, or get the **** out.

 

[BurlyShirley]

That stupid sonofabitch!

EDIT: WTF? Why? Maybe if he didnt give people who dont even PAY taxes all a$300 credit for no goddam reason, he wouldnt have to sell the NATIONAL FVCKING FOREST!

Stupid FVCK!

 

[GumbaFish]

I can't move to canada untill I graduate...so for the next several months at least I am still stuck here.

 

[N8 v2.0]

Non-competitive sales may be made only to governmental entities and non-profit organizations.

Totally cool!

Our local bike club is a non-profit org...

 

[BurlyShirley]

**** it. Im going to try and buy an acre. Just one. Im igoring N8's last post.

 

[BurlyShirley]

If anyone has any spare cash, Id recommend donating it to something like the Nature Conservancy about now. Forest is alot better off in their hands than in the hands of loggers and developers. I dont care if I cant ride, so long as it doesnt get destroyed.

 

[BurlyShirley]

This part hits me where it hurts. My favorite place to ride in the wide world...:mumble:

North Carolina 8 Pisgah National Forest Burke B-30b 13.48
North Carolina 8 Pisgah National Forest Avery B-323 26.1
North Carolina 8 Pisgah National Forest Caldwell B-367b 135.28
North Carolina 8 Pisgah National Forest Caldwell B-367c 3.99
North Carolina 8 Pisgah National Forest Caldwell B-367d 6.43
North Carolina 8 Pisgah National Forest Caldwell B-389c 7.49
North Carolina 8 Pisgah National Forest Burke B-69a 99.3
North Carolina 8 Pisgah National Forest Burke B-69a-I 10.37
North Carolina 8 Pisgah National Forest Madison F-528 211.35
North Carolina 8 Pisgah National Forest Madison F-605f 31.52
North Carolina 8 Pisgah National Forest Madison F-605g 17.64
North Carolina 8 Pisgah National Forest Madison F-605h 60.57
North Carolina 8 Pisgah National Forest Madison F-605i 44.58
North Carolina 8 Pisgah National Forest Madison F-605-I 2.91
North Carolina 8 Pisgah National Forest Madison F-605j 60.68
North Carolina 8 Pisgah National Forest Madison F-605k 22.33
North Carolina 8 Pisgah National Forest Madison F-605L 4.69
North Carolina 8 Pisgah National Forest McDowell M-102 27.78
North Carolina 8 Pisgah National Forest McDowell M-102a 3.9
North Carolina 8 Pisgah National Forest McDowell M-164 24.97
North Carolina 8 Pisgah National Forest McDowell M-164a 78.39
North Carolina 8 Pisgah National Forest McDowell M-164-I 3.72
North Carolina 8 Pisgah National Forest McDowell M-192 244.68
North Carolina 8 Pisgah National Forest McDowell M-40 44.95
North Carolina 8 Pisgah National Forest McDowell M-42 69.17
North Carolina 8 Pisgah National Forest Madison P-166a 40.25
North Carolina 8 Pisgah National Forest McDowell P-246 70.91
North Carolina 8 Pisgah National Forest Haywood P-39c 1.42
North Carolina 8 Pisgah National Forest Buncombe P-C 22.65
North Carolina 8 Pisgah National Forest Madison U-399 60.2
North Carolina 8 Pisgah National Forest Madison U-472e 38.98
North Carolina 8 Pisgah National Forest Madison U-472e-I 3.39
North Carolina 8 Pisgah National Forest Madison U-472f 3.18
North Carolina 8 Pisgah National Forest Madison U-472f-I 0.87
North Carolina 8 Pisgah National Forest Madison U-472g 1.11
North Carolina 8 Pisgah National Forest Madison U-472h-i 570.8
North Carolina 8 Pisgah National Forest Madison U-472h-I 22.37
North Carolina 8 Pisgah National Forest Madison U-472h-II 2.94
North Carolina 8 Pisgah National Forest Madison U-472j 15.63
North Carolina 8 Pisgah National Forest Madison U-472k 105.78
North Carolina 8 Pisgah National Forest Madison U-472m 3.66
North Carolina 8 Pisgah National Forest Madison U-472o 13.93
North Carolina 8 Pisgah National Forest Madison U-472r 32.84
North Carolina 8 Pisgah National Forest Mitchell U-476h 119.34
North Carolina 8 Pisgah National Forest Mitchell U-476i 6.1
North Carolina 8 Pisgah National Forest Mitchell U-476j 25.06
North Carolina 8 Pisgah National Forest Mitchell U-476k 30.08
North Carolina 8 Pisgah National Forest Mitchell U-476L 31.04
North Carolina 8 Pisgah National Forest Mitchell U-476m 27.76
North Carolina 8 Pisgah National Forest Mitchell U-476n 90.01
North Carolina 8 Pisgah National Forest Mitchell U-476q 27.16
North Carolina 8 Pisgah National Forest Mitchell U-602 1.96
North Carolina 8 Pisgah National Forest Mitchell U-604a 3.85
North Carolina 8 Pisgah National Forest Mitchell U-604b 6.47
North Carolina 8 Pisgah National Forest Mitchell U-604c 5.2
North Carolina 8 Pisgah National Forest Mitchell U-604c-I 4.55
North Carolina 8 Pisgah National Forest Mitchell U-604c-II 0.5
North Carolina 8 Pisgah National Forest Mitchell U-604c-III 0.3
North Carolina 8 Pisgah National Forest Mitchell U-604d 2.55
North Carolina 8 Pisgah National Forest Madison U-641 88.23
North Carolina 8 Pisgah National Forest Mitchell U-820 17.16
North Carolina 8 Pisgah National Forest Mitchell U-822 16.49

 

[peter6061]

This part hits me where it hurts. My favorite place to ride in the wide world...:mumble:

Here's a map of the PIsgah parcels for you...

I also saw George Washington , Nantahela, and Monongohela, which are all places I love to ride around here.

 

[BurlyShirley]

Here's a map of the PIsgah parcels for you...

I also saw George Washington , Nantahela, and Monongohela, which are all places I love to ride around here.

That actually looks alot less bad on the map then what I was expecting, but it still defeats the purpose of having National Forests Complete crap.

 

[LordOpie]

Our fearless leader has proposed selling 301,000 acres of national forest to raise 800 million for rural schools.

noble effort, but aren't we spending like $800mil a month in Iraq? Bring the guys home one month sooner and boom, no destruction of the national forest.

Funny to see the Marine Corporal (sgt.?) BurlySurly freaking about trees. Phuggin' hippy

 

[Westy]

noble effort, but aren't we spending like $800mil a month in Iraq? Bring the guys home one month sooner and boom, no destruction of the national forest.

Funny to see the Marine Corporal (sgt.?) BurlySurly freaking about trees. Phuggin' hippy

$800,000,000=4 days in Iraq

 

[Westy]

$800,000,000= 1/3 of the tax breaks given to oil companies this year.

 

[DirtyDog]

There is a lot of land in Oregon on the block. If they go through with this, I am turning political advocate full time. This is just outrageous. The Shrub must be stopped.

 

[DirtyDog]

Funny to see the Marine Corporal (sgt.?) BurlySurly freaking about trees. Phuggin' hippy

This, more than anything, reveals the gravity of this situation. ink:

 

[N8 v2.0]

There is a lot of land in Oregon on the block. If they go through with this, I am turning political advocate full time. This is just outrageous. The Shrub must be stopped.

Run Forest, run!!

 

[Westy]

$800,000,000<What Republicans raised for the '04 elections.

 

[LordOpie]

$800,000,000=4 days in Iraq

$800,000,000= 1/3 of the tax breaks given to oil companies this year.

It's amazing when you put things in perspective like that :mumble:

 

[valve bouncer]

First Man'imal t'urns on Bus'h, now Shirley. If we' could just work' out how to change N8's' chip then we could turn him to'

 

[Old Man G Funk]

First Man'imal t'urns on Bus'h, now Shirley. If we' could just work' out how to change N8's' chip then we could turn him to'

Ni'ce apos'trophication'.

 

[valve bouncer]

Ni'ce apos'trophication'.

I'hope Fl'uff is' feeling the lo've.

 

[gastro]

There is a lot of land in Oregon on the block. If they go through with this, I am turning political advocate full time. This is just outrageous. The Shrub must be stopped.

Agreed. Please enjoy our share also:

Apart from the stewardship concerns, it should be noted that there are also concerns about the equitable distribution of revenues from this sale. The amount of revenue a state receives is not tied at all to the value of land sold in that state. This means that some states stand to benefit disproportionately from the sale of other states’ valuable natural resources. For example, North Carolina and Oregon both have similar acreages proposed for sale, yet Oregon’s 2006 allocation under this program was more than $162 million and North Carolina’s allocation was $1.01 million. Needless to say, such disparity is unacceptable.

 

[N8 v2.0]

NM has 7300 acers on the block... that's less than 1/3 the acerage of the local AFB here... and it ain't a large one either.

 

[Westy]

NM has 7300 acers on the block... that's less than 1/3 the acerage of the local AFB here... and it ain't a large one either.

Does that justify anything in your mind? What happens next year?

 

[N8 v2.0]

Does that justify anything in your mind? What happens next year?

I don't know... does anyone know the number of acers of land aquired by the DoI per year???

 

[BurlyShirley]

Anyone know a political cartoonist who could sketch up a pic of Teddy Roosevelt rising from the dead beating the crap out of GWB.

Or maybe a pic of Bush urinating on his tombstone?

 

[fluff]

I'hope Fl'uff is' feeling the lo've.

It's good to see the apostrophe's popularity's growing, now we just need to ensure the accuracy's addressed also.

I feel you're love VB...

 

[ALEXIS_DH]

First Man'imal t'urns on Bus'h, now Shirley. If we' could just work' out how to change N8's' chip then we could turn him to'

am wondering what would it take for that...

if w ripped the head of baby bambi in one chomp on national tv... would that be enough? what if he sprouted a mustache and started wearing a red armband? what if he ordered "we will send 3 battallions marching into a volcano pit" and started laughing (like the family guy sketch where peter amuses w) on tv as he watches the soldiers march into the pit?

c´mon, what would it take to convert you.?

 

[Westy]

c´mon, what would it take to convert you.?

N8 would require Bush to tell him not to support Bush for N8 not to support Bush.

 

[binary visions]

N8 would require Bush to tell him not to support Bush for N8 not to support Bush.

And even then, he'd support Bush's decision to make the request.

 

[Westy]

And even then, he'd support Bush's decision to make the request.

He would then repeat "can not compute" a few times then blow up.

 

[N8 v2.0]

The maps viewer is pretty nifty!

http://www.fs.fed.us/land/staff/rural_schools.shtml

 

[BurlyShirley]

First Man'imal t'urns on Bus'h, now Shirley. If we' could just work' out how to change N8's' chip then we could turn him to'

You retards couldnt turn milk into cottage cheese. W did it on his own.

 

[Changleen]

Bush clearly gives not one sh1t about the future of the US, or the planet. He has shown this time and time again. This is enraging, eh?

 

[BuddhaRoadkill]

Bush clearly gives not one sh1t about the future of the US, or the planet.

The Rapture is coming, why should he? :redhot:

 

[ohio]

You retards couldnt turn milk into cottage cheese.

True. How does one turn milk into cottage cheese?

I can turn milk into nasty stanky sour milk though.