This sets a toxic precedent, wherein states and counties who want a little profit from federal land can begin to tug the protections on those areas apart. There are more ways to achieve this than to put protected land at risk. Just like there are more ways to give our Congressional representatives medical coverage than to pay for zero deductible, zero co-pay, full family coverage at the ritziest hospitals in the nation, We could, for instance, insist that they use exactly the same medical coverage our Veterans get. In fact, I think we should.