American Prairie unlocks another 70k acres in Montana

Re:American Prairie unlocks another 70k acres in Montana by dvdkon on Thursday September 18, 2025 @04:01PM (#45294262)

You might be more willing if you see it as a kind of reciprocity, your part in a scheme which allows you to hike or otherwise relax on land other than your own.

And even if you never set foot on other's people property, I think it's fair of the government, which ultimately enforces land owners' property rights, to say that they won't support you excluding other people from natural land.

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Re:American Prairie unlocks another 70k acres in Montana by dyauspitr on Thursday September 18, 2025 @06:14PM (#45295670)

Honestly in the US it has never been a problem since there is so much land. The laws are also unambiguous here. If I’m on someone’s property I can get shot but on public land we can shoot each other :)

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Re:American Prairie unlocks another 70k acres in Montana by dvdkon on Thursday September 18, 2025 @06:23PM (#45295758)

I have to admit that Americans seem to have a different perspective on land use, with the sheer scale of the country and a willingness to drive for hours to get places. If someone told me that I have to travel from Prague to Germany to go hiking or even just let my kids play in a forest, I'd be pretty mad.

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Re:American Prairie unlocks another 70k acres in Montana by dyauspitr on Friday September 19, 2025 @02:38PM (#45304938)

In rural areas many Americans can go on a hike or play in the forest in their backyard.

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Re:American Prairie unlocks another 70k acres in Montana by dvdkon on Saturday September 20, 2025 @05:11PM (#45317586)

Most Americans live in urban areas, though.

I have to say that according to this PDF I found [1], a lot more US families do own forested land, but it's still a minority.

[1]: https://web.archive.org/web/20250420022718/http://www.family...

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