Now’s time to make land management make some sense

The federal deficit is already gigantic, and it keeps getting bigger in order to stimulate the plummeting economy. But times of crisis are also times of opportunity. This is the perfect chance for the Obama administration to improve the way the federal lands are managed.
Consider the big three land agencies: the Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management and the National Park Service. Each has its rangers, and biologists and archaeologists, botanists, recreation managers,…