looking for a place to live off the grid/land

[Tony uk]

I cant see anything other than "if this was usfel please reply yes or no





BLM LETS U DO IT:)"

[LiL' bunny fufu]

what? b-l-m land lets u do it

[Tony uk]

what? b-l-m land lets u do it
I had another stupid moment there, Sorry :(

[trax]

What's BLM and what's it letting me do?

[LiL' bunny fufu]

its in the usa it will let u live off the land
basicly its public land it lets u do stuff like that

[trax]

cool, Canada's got lots of land like that, so I didn't recognize the initials or the relevance

[LiL' bunny fufu]

o whats it called

[wareagle69]

crown land

[spiritman]

What's BLM and what's it letting me do?

Beuro of Land Management (yeah thats really how you spell beuro)

[rusty_oxydado]

Sometimes they let you when you cheat.

[melliferal]

Think of BLM land as like a National Forest, but with no park rangers to maintain it. The rules for using it are a bit more lax, primarily because there's nobody around to enforce them.

[Sarge47]

There's been reports of large "tent-cities" popping up because of the financial problems here in our country. Rents, utilities, gas, and food; all the nesseseties of life that people can't handle so they are surviving the best they can. Maybe we need to factor this in to our thinking as well!

[Rocky789]

How exactly does one find land under the BLM? I dont really see much in my area in virginia.
What exactly kind of land would I be looking for, for something like this, I see the options like rangeland, geothermal, etc. but what would be the appropriate name land that could be used for this purpose.

[melliferal]

By going here (http://www.geocommunicator.gov/GeoComm/index.shtm). There's sort of an interactive map-viewer-thingy that you can use to find BLM land. Note: nearly all of the substantial land areas the BLM administers are located in the western US. Out east, it's mostly little plots and parcels.

[rusty_oxydado]

Ding!
Wilderness area, sorta invite yourself, you gotta lay low, and not bring any attention to yourself.
If BLM finds you they will attack with their shock swat troops complete with kevlar helmets, and black BDUs, but if there is a lot of you it scares the begeezus out of them, and they bring the media with them after they demonize you in the media.
Word to the wise, if you are going to be a woods tramp, learn to be invisable.

[Fog_Harbor]

Beuro of Land Management (yeah thats really how you spell beuro)

actaully it's bureau

[Fog_Harbor]

actaully its actually

[spiritman]

lol I was just going with my computers dictionary. Shoulda double checked it

[agmeyer]

are you saying that you can just go to certain coordinates listed on that map and set up camp, make an open fire, etc and this is "allowed"?

[trax]

anything's allowed until you get caught.

[Beo]

Beauro of Land Management, :) just don't look right. Since I manage 280 plus acres for a friend on his farm am I a BLM? And I'd head for the Grand Tetons and set up there, I figure one day I'm just gonna pack up and sell all my crap... head to the Tetons or upper Montana maybe Canada in that area and just keep going till I see a place I like and then a build a cabin and live out the rest of my life. :)

[trax]

Beauro of Land Management, :) just don't look right. Since I manage 280 plus acres for a friend on his farm am I a BLM? And I'd head for the Grand Tetons and set up there, I figure one day I'm just gonna pack up and sell all my crap... head to the Tetons or upper Montana maybe Canada in that area and just keep going till I see a place I like and then a build a cabin and live out the rest of my life. :)


that's pretty much my plan, Upper Montana is awesome, but I do have all of Canada to frolic about in in the meantime. Bureau of Land Management= (once again) Too Much Government :mad:

[STB]

There must be a far bit of place way up north aka in canada, like bc on the coast that would be nice. But wonder what the winters are like and if theres alot of land.

[trax]

BC coast the winters are cold and almost constantly raining, then you get one really awesome month, usually February and it turns cold and rainy for two more months. Western provinces, cold, bitterly cold, but obviously can be handled. There's a lot of wild country left in western Canada

[Beo]

I'll take Montna, Northern Montana and plan to trek up into Canada. Most of the cold can be handled if done properly but the far north of Canada is way outta my league.
Don't care about BLM I'm just going up to where I think I'm alone and set up shop. If I get in trouble then you'll read about.