federal lands
Nation-owned public acreage
Federal lands are territory owned and managed by a national government rather than by states, localities, or private parties.
In the United States, federal lands include national parks, forests, wildlife refuges, and military bases—roughly a quarter of the country's land area, concentrated in the West: The debate over drilling on federal lands intensified.
Management falls to various agencies depending on the land's designated use.
- wilderness areaUndeveloped natural land
- national parkProtected land for conservation
- national forestConserved federal timberland
- wildlife refugeProtected area for animals
- timberlandForested land for lumber
military base · sacred site · Wyoming · BLM · oil field · Rocky Mountains · wind farm · hiking trail · fire lookout · ranger station · campground · grazing rights · wild horse · coal seam · nature reserve · solar array · forest reserve · mineral rights
- US geographystates, capitals, state boundaries, state lines, regions
- AlaskaFairbanks, Juneau, Denali, Sitka, Kodiak
- frontierfrontier, pioneer, pioneers, settlers, settler
- public propertypublic park, state property, public library, public school, public pool
- Federal Assetsnational forests, national monuments, national archives, national labs, military bases
- federal powersdeclare war, interstate commerce, national defense, war powers, military
federal landsprivate property
Individually owned assets
private lands · private estates · homesteads · family farms · commercial real estate
federal landsstate lands
Government-owned real property
state-owned lands · tribal lands · reservation land · reservation lands