>>2795859the problem with national forest is that they lease the land to logging and mining companies, and then you cannot access the national forest if it abuts private land and as well, often the prettiest features are on private land anyways - I can think of multiple waterfalls either outright on private land or that you would have to trespass to easily access and the landowners do not give a fuck about hikers.
>>2795853I'm of two minds on this. On the one hand, the system is really backwards and primitive. The property listings tend to only have a name and a mailing address, the idea being if you wanted access to the land, you would have to send them a physical letter. Of course, they can always simply ignore your letter and don't have to say yes anyways. It would be better if at least there were more of a federalized database of property ownership and a way to contact landowners by email.
I think it should be right to roam, but especially for scenic attractions. If there's a vista or waterfall built in to your land, and you don't like LIVE right there, so visitors accessing it wouldn't really affect you anyways, I think it should be legal to access, and really people just need to learn to share this earth.
>>2795856it is RARELY outright fenced in in the hills, its much more usually either posted signs or purple paint on the trees.
