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29 September, 21:58

Richard Knight describes the public and private land in the West. Which statement represents one aspect of this landscape?

a. The private lands in the West have shallower soils and less water than nearby public land.

b. Only a tiny percentage of private lands adjacent to public land are ranch lands.

c. The families that hold Bureau of Land Management and US Forest Service grazing permits also own more than 100 million acres of private land.

d. If ranching operations fail, private ranch lands will revert to federal government ownership.

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  1. 30 September, 00:24
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    The answer is C. - the families that hold Bureau of Land Management and US Forest Service grazing permits also own more than 100 million acres of private land.

    Explanation:

    Richard Knight and his colleagues have estimated that the 21,000 ranch families having approximately 30,000 graz-ing leases on BLM and USFS lands own about 107,000,000 acres of private land.
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