Deal for Christmas Mountains ahead?

[sonias]

AAS 4/03/08
Deal for Christmas Mountains ahead?
Letter suggest land commissioner has softened position on hunting on West Texas land.

The state land commissioner, who is blocking a proposal to transfer the state-owned Christmas Mountains to the National Park Service because he wants to permit hunting on the land, appears ready to let the transaction proceed, documents show.

In a letter to the superintendent of Big Bend National Park, Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson wrote that he has "instructed my staff to work with your agency ... to work through these issues and secure the necessary funding for the transfer of the Christmas Mountains to the National Park Service."

The letter was obtained by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram for a story in its Wednesday editions.

Patterson, chairman of his office's School Land Board, which buys and sells land for the fund that supports public schools, has so far declined to bring up for board consideration a park service proposal to add the property to Big Bend National Park.

Jerry boy finally got a clue. Hope this moves forward without another stupid move from Patterson.

:applause:

Sonia

[flamin lib]

1. Yeah, I'm kinda sick of the "dual use" concept that Reagan came up

with for National Lands.

Leave it up to them and we'd have a golf course in Arlington National Cemetery.