Go to the Smoky Mountains National Park. Great place.
Throughout the park are empty houses from the people who used to live there but were forced off by our Federal Govt.
In many cases it was done with very little compensation.
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Before switching to Electrical Engineering in my senior year of college - I was a Forest Technology major ...
Had to take A LOT of Recreation Management courses - before you spout off about the government control of the parks, you MIGHT want to read the history and the legislative battles over them ...
My quesion is - do you think the parks are a good thing ???
If yes - then DON’T disparage the government control over them ...
In the 1800’s, private interests AND some of the states/territories wanted conrol of the parks. They wanted PROFITS - strip mining, cattle grazing, timber, etc.
IMAGINE what Yellowstone would look like today if they had gotten their hands on it ... Armageddon !!!
BTW: Those cabins you talk about in the parks ... Most of them were family properties that were paid for through Eminent Domain - BUT ALSO, the people living there were USUALLY grandfathered in until they died AND they DID NOT have to pay taxes AFTER the original transfer occurred ...
So you had management courses, good for you.
National and State parks are generally a very good thing. Confiscating someones land is generally not a good thing.
This isn’t about the vacant land that was made into a park. Its about peoples homes and farms that were confiscated and they were forced out. In some cases being told to burn their buildings before leaving.