public lands
Government-owned open spaces
Public lands are territory owned by a government rather than private individuals or corporations.
In the United States, the term typically refers to federal lands managed by agencies like the Bureau of Land Management, Forest Service, or National Park Service: The debate over drilling on public lands intensified.
These areas may be open for recreation, grazing, mining, or conservation, depending on their designation.
- wilderness areasProtected undeveloped natural regions
- national parksProtected natural areas
- forestsDensely treed land areas
- wildlife refugesProtected areas for animals
- wild horsesFeral, undomesticated equines
open range · camping · grazing · federal agencies · commons · national forests · wetlands · hiking · protected areas · land use laws · hiking trails · eminent domain · park rangers · grasslands · land trusts · homesteading · federal · recreation
- bird huntingduck hunting, goose hunting, pheasant hunting, quail hunting, shotguns
- Energy RegulationEPA, emissions standards, gas laws, offshore drilling, BLM
- land reformland reform, agrarian reform, land redistribution, land distribution, land seizures
- resource policyresource extraction, mining rights, drilling rights, grazing rights, water allocation
- American frontierfrontier, westward expansion, pioneers, homesteading, homesteads
- conservationconservation, wildlife, endangered, habitat, sanctuary
public landsprivate property
Individually owned assets
private lands · private land · private estates · ranch lands