As Logging Fades, Rich Carve Up Open Land in West

This was too interesting not to post.

 ”Mr. Foley belongs to a new wave of investors and landowners across the West who are snapping up open spaces as private playgrounds on the borders of national parks and national forests.”

The Whole Article from the NY Times

 My first thought is that this is a great thing, rich conservationists buying land once marked for the chain saw.  I’ve got to wonder though how people in many of the rural towns around this growth feel.

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