But the government's stewardship over our land is gradually destroying it. The Bureau of Land Management controls an area almost twice the size of Texas, including nearly all of Alaska and Nevada. Much of this land is rented to ranchers for grazing cattle. Because ranchers are only renting the land, they have no incentive to take care of it. Cattle were twice as likely to die on public ranges and had half as many calves as animals grazing on private lands.
Owners make better environmental guardians than renters.
If the government sold its acreage to private ranchers, the new owners would make sure that they grazed the land sustainably to maximize profit and yield. Preservation of Wildlife Ownership of wildlife can literally save endangered species from extinction. Commercialization of the buffalo saved it from extinction. As President, I would look at the list of endangered species, and see what manner of private concern best fits the preservation of that species, and see that land engaging that species is sold to the proper type of concern which would preserve it. Here is an example from Africa.