"Rich Stern" wrote in message
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So if the COE only controls a little strip of land, what are they
going to
transfer to the state? Sounded like a whole bunch of land
surrounding the
res.
was federal property.

With the exception of campgrounds and ramp/parking areas, it is only a
small
strip of land, defined by elevation below a certain point above sea
level. On
my property, it translates to about 200 feet from the waterline. It
depends on
the topology.

I don't know the acreage, perhaps in the many thousands, but quite
literally in
the shape of a thin, hollow slice, ghosting the border of the
waterline, across
many counties, and two states. Roads and utilities to the land would
require
ridiculous easements. Any development would take place very close to
the lake,
and would obviously be more envrionmentally impactful than the buffer
the COE
currently has established. It's heavily wooded and very clean land
because the
COE does a nice job of preventing people from messing it up.


So the COE has the job of enforcing regs on tens/hundreds of miles by
200 feet or so of land? Sounds like a big job. Perhaps they could sell
it to the folks who adjoin it? Then it's not their problem, the state
gets its tax base, and the existing property owners don't get abused. I
know that having the gubmint provide it free is a nice little perk, but
most of it doesn't really serve the common good. If a random individual
from Minnesota were to show up, what would he be allowed to do on this
public land? Can I hike? Camp? Have a party? Use the Beach?

Del