No flaming, just the facts, ma'am.
I've lived and worked in open range country for 7 years and in the Tongass National Forest for 35 years. It is the >>Logging, mining and cattle grazing interests<< who keep the public lands in good shape...if...and this is usually the case...there is proper management and supervision by the appropriate agencies. Good grazing and logging practice actually enhances, improves and beautifies the land. The same CAN be true for mining, but unlike the other two mining is purely an extraction of resource. But the end result can be much improved and beautiful, productive countryside through regrading, soil improvement, replanting, landscaping and other enhancements.
Just like any other asset, if you don't at least maintain (and hopefully improve) the public land, it deteriorates.
Wise use, I say.
There is sense in what ou say.
But based on my experience with the government, I wouldn't rely on it to make certain of much more than it collects whetver revenue it can reap from this to fill its insatiable craving for ever more dollars.
Proper logging and grazing practises can result in imptoved forest lands. The key here is "proper".
As for mining, aside from closely monitored oil or gas removal, I'd be very skeptical.
My point is National Parkland and forests are the common property of every American. The Federal Government is merely the steward of that property, and the ultimate result of any grazing or logging permitted should be to improve that common resource, not to feather the pockets of politicians, loggers, or cattle ranchers.