I suggest the writer visit other countries to see what untrammeled private use of lands leads to. But if he'd open his eyes in his own country, he'd notice something too: those hideous clear cuts would be the norm throughout our beautiful state if there were no federal shepherd. And those streams would be putrid with tailings and noxious chemicals. 
What this whiner, and his ilk, seem to wish is for THEIR singular license to do as THEY please on public land. Fortunately, such selfish short-sightedness isn't the prevailing view. 
What makes a state like Oregon the treasure that it is precisely is the strong federal and state regulation of use. Period.