I'm pretty sure the money being spent is not taxpayer money, but it is being given to the government, technically paying the taxpayers.

Being public land, we, the public, all have a say in what is done with the land, and there are other jobs and economic concerns at stake other than loggers and mills (though loggers and mills will likely be directly and not kindly affected, that's for sure, in an area that already has some serious unemployment issues).

Fish on...

Todd