I see the BLM and F&G just trying to manage it per whatever group has the most influence in setting down the rules and regulations. "
It is far simpler than that as any state or federal government employee will attest. You first need to understand the management philosophy, if that's what it can be called, at the agency level of government, which is "the most for the least effort" be it money or work, especially when it comes to work or effort. Translation- the easiest way to manage the land is to reduce what has to be managed- the people. If no one is using the land then it's less work and easier to manage the land. The government doesn't care about accomodating the interests of the varied user groups, they don't have to their the government. I've witnessed entire programs and projects shut down because it required less effort than dealing with a given problem, common sense or penny sense be damned. People give the government way too much credit for master minding at the agency level. A person of average intelligence would be absolutely shocked at the simplistic nature of how things are done if given the opportunity to witness it. Its a very non personally invested environment "go along to get along" as the saying goes, it is not an incentive or merit based system so no real challenge or reward for rising to the occasion and making things better. By design the average government agency is 100% reactionary. They will never be proactive, they operate on the "hand me down" processes and technology of the private sector. They can't keep up with the speed, effeciency, and innovation of the private sector. Understand that and learn to work with "the system".
Being reactionary in nature means that if the only one pushing your buttons and forcing you to work or respond are the extreme environmentalists. Than thats who you are going to accomodate. The lesser of two evils, the "thing" that makes the pain go away, the "what" that makes me have to do less. Not being a condecending know it all just stating facts based on experience that it is indeed "that simple".
