11. Only the most naive think that former BLM land will remain public domain once state legislators get their hands on it. 12. Over the years, nothing was ever extracted, and the land remained unused and uninhabited, save for grazing horses, and managed by the Energy Department. 13. Still, the land remains the central issue. 14. That way, the land would remain in the family. 15. The bill also stipulates that land will remain in agricultural use after it is sold. 16. The war for liberation was waged against the white farmers, and land remains a volatile issue as impoverished black masses crowd terrain unsuitable for grazing and cultivation. 17. Today the land remains largely undeveloped. 18. We want to know that somewhere in our country the land remains as it once was. 19. Will the land remain as it is, lush dairy farms, or revert to its earlier subsistence crops of corn and sweet potatoes, cattle and sheep? 20. Agricultural land remains in state hands, with private farmers renting plots from Soviet-era collective farms. |