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Federal land is concentrated in the Western United States. Nationwide, the federal government owns 27.4% of all land area. There are significant variations regionally; the federal government owns 61.3% of the land area in Alaska, 46.4% of the land area in the 11 contiguous Western states; and 4
Ice Age National Scientific Reserve (affiliated area) Wisconsin: 32,500.00 acres (131.5228 km 2) International Peace Garden (affiliated area) North Dakota/Manitoba: 2,330.30 acres (9.4304 km 2) Inupiat Heritage Center (affiliated area) Alaska: 0.00 acres (0 km 2) John Philip Sousa Junior High School (affiliated area of Brown v.
Most of the public land managed by the US Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management is in the Western states. Public lands account for 25 to 75 percent of the total land area in these states. [1] The US Forest Service alone manages 193 million acres (780,000 km²) nationwide, or roughly 8% of the total land area in the United States. [2]
Bering Land Bridge National Preserve: National preserve 2,697,391.01 acres (10,915.9541 km 2) Denali National Park and Preserve: National preserve 1,334,117.80 acres (5,398.9832 km 2) Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve: National preserve 948,608.07 acres (3,838.8807 km 2) Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve: National preserve
The National Wilderness Preservation System includes 806 wilderness areas protecting 111,889,002 acres (174,826.566 sq mi; 452,798.73 km 2) of federal land as of 2023. They are managed by four agencies: National Park Service (NPS) United States Forest Service (USFS) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's administration said on Thursday it had finalized a plan to expand solar energy on federal lands in 11 western states, part of a broader push to speed the ...
The Bureau of Land Management’s National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS) includes over 850 federally recognized areas and in California, manages 15,500,000 acres (63,000 km 2) of public lands, nearly 15% of the state's land area. [3]
City and federal parks authorities are beefing up resources near Jamaica Bay in Queens following The Post’s expose last week of surging animal sacrifices in the area.. The National Parks Service ...