Utah to seize own land from government, challenge federal dominance of Western states
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3233810/posts
“Since national forest land cannot be taxed by counties or states, for more than 100 years the Forest Service has shared revenues from timber harvests on federal lands with the nearby communities.”....
The “shared” revenue amounts to NOTHING compared to the value of the timber harvested. (I happen to sit on my county boards Forestry Committee. When we complained that we were not getting a fare share as originally paid, the Feds changed the rules and we wound up getting even less). DO NOT TRUST anything the gubmint tells you nor proposes).