Would states manage land better than the feds? The choice is for the better of two evils. Federal management is biased toward land abusers (e.g., welfare-ranchers), but at least the federal government has a difficult time selling off public lands. Not a problem for the states where public land is often sold to developers. Developers do not take care of the land. Moreover, the lands the states retain and manage gets even less care than the federal lands. So, let’s keep the public domain public by keeping it under federal management.