Sell your land Oregon
Let the people prosper and grow!
Our forests used to provide the state with over $2 billion in revenue, but now we spend over $1 billion to fight massive forest fires around the state. Why not enable the revenue instead of constantly raising taxes to fight the fires?
Check out the video below.
Life is all about choices. And all choices have consequences. On the left is a healthy forest that is maintained in a sustainable manner. On the right is a forest that is left to "nature." All forests burn, the question is "controlled" or "uncontrolled."
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Forests for Oregon is a thought which will free Oregon in a number of ways to free Oregonians from the oppression they have been under over the past forty years. It is geared towards the proper management of forests although it is for all of Oregon is the goal. Most of the forests are controlled by the Federal government which needs to be turned over to the state and then Oregonians.
There were four main arguments why the Federal government should turn over the land to Utah and all of the Western states and here are those arguments: The Sovereignty Principle which says at the formation of the thirteen original states that all states should have equal sovereignty. Every state should have the same laws handling land as they have for other states’ Rights.
As states were added they would be divided by natural federally determined borders and then the Federal troops would maintain the peace and set up forts and administrative buildings to keep those borders. Inside the forts the states would form their gummits and divide the land into parcels for citizens to settle whether it was by purchase of the Homestead Act giving them 640 acres to develop in ten years.
The Equal Footing Doctrine builds on the Sovereignty principle stating that all new states were expected to have Equal Footing as the original thirteen states as well as every other state. This is what the Founding Fathers said when new states were added to the original thirteen so there were no super states receiving favored treatment especially concerning the land. This makes states like Oregon completely unequal since it does not have the ability to use or settle all of their land and has less than fifty percent available to develop
The Compact Theory states that when a state was formed there is a compact clause which infers a solemn compact between the state and
federal government there would be a timely dispersal of the land. There was no intention to withhold the dispersal of the land and the Fed has broken that compact by not turning the land over to the states as it was done historically. There is a Compact Clause in Oregon’s constitution and has not been tested for its legality although the Supreme Court has ruled favorably the times it has been challenged in the past.
These are the main arguments in the Utah lawsuit Forests for Oregon has built its argument around. The same arguments apply to the state as to why it has taken so long to sell the land to the people. It should have occurred 150 years ago and certainly should be done now.
This is the biggest issue in Oregon as the forests are in crisis right now due to being mismanaged it into a tinder box waiting for a spark.
This would be a boon to the state as the resources would be used rather than destroyed and people could have affordable housing by giving them low-priced land to build their homes on. It is time to get on board with Forests for Oregon and turn this state into the economic powerhouse it deserves
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How We Got Here
As a result of the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), a war debt of just over $71,000,000 was accumulated.* This war debt was paid-off by the sale of state lands, not already in private hands, that were ceded to the U.S. Federal Government and sold for this very specific purpose (extinguishing American Revolutionary War debt), as newly formed states entered the union of states that eventually formed our 50 states. Those state lands that were ceded to the U.S. Federal Government yet never sold, were eventually returned to the individual states as unsalable “waste land” or land unsold. The American Revolutionary War debt was paid down to zero between December 1834 and February 1835. (http://tinyurl.com/yd6rurvl — politifact.com — “Fla. senator says Jan. 8, 1835, is the only day U.S. has been debt free” ). * https://tinyurl.com/yxfosrrw -- treasurydirect.gov -- Historical Debt Outstanding -- 1790 --- 1849
In December of the year 1833,** President Andrew Jackson (whose image graces our current $20.00 bill), recognizing that the American Revolutionary War debt was soon to be paid-off, vetoed legislation that would have continued the practice of allowing the U.S. Federal Government to accumulate and spend monies recovered from the sale of land ceded to the U.S. Federal Government as individual states continued to join the United States of America. Instead, President Jackson believed it was just and proper to return these unsold lands to the individual states from which they came, so that the individual states could best decide how to use their own land. This pocket veto by President Jackson and his continuation of the long established policy to return unsold land to the respective states, serves as the basis for how and why we have today’s situation. **source: http://tinyurl.com/yat8bfsm presidency.ucsb.edu — “Andrew Jackson 7th President of the United States: 1829 - 1837 — Veto Message — December 04, 1833”
The 1828 Resolve States . . .
Undoubtedly when the states of Florida, Alabama, Missouri, Indiana, Louisiana, Illinois, and Arkansas banded together to act as one political force to get their respective lands back, their efforts had an impact on Andrew Jackson. And these were the last states to reclaim their land. However, it took the seven 1828 Resolve States 26 years and an act of congress to secure their land back into their hands. They knew their history, they knew their rights, they banded together, and refused to take “No” for an answer.
At stake today in the 13 states west of Colorado*** are:
I). millions of acres that can’t be taxed while under the control and management of the federal government,
II). countless new jobs,
III). trillions of dollars of resources and minerals above and below the ground,
IV). untold opportunities for new and sustainable economic prosperity
*** including Colorado, the 13 states are: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
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Trump Administration Restoring Timber Industry In Oregon
Diane L. Gruber | October 30, 2025
The number of timber harvested on federal lands were reduced by 90% from 1989 to 2011, NINETY PERCENT, while the harvest-levels remained constant in private land. The decline in the lumber sector caused high unemployment rates in the rural parts of Oregon and impoverished whole communities.
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