> Most BLM "PhD's" are from the area they're protecting.

Citation needed. In my experience this has not been the case, but I was on national forest land, not BLM land, so there may be a difference in management practices.

> "I've lived here my entire life, so clearly without devoting any actual effort to studying the ecosystem I know what's best because hey, the trees look pretty good to me!"

That's not at all what my post said, you are attacking a strawman.