The prevalence of public land is a defining feature of the West, but federal and state property is managed under a variety of regulatory regimes.
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Lay of the land:who owns the West? 1/20/13
Federal lands in the West, Alaska, and U.S.80%70% National
Wildlife Refuges60% National Parks50% Forest Service Bureau of Land
Management40%30%20%10% 0% 11 Western States Alaska Other 38 States
Total U.S. Source: Bureau of Land Management 2/8/2013 2
Land use on public, tribal, and private land 2,500 Special
uses, urban uses, and misc. land 2,000 Forest land Grassland
pasture and range 1,500 CroplandMillionsof acres 1,000 500 0
Federal State and other American Indian Private Total public
Source: USDA Economic Research Service 2/8/2013 3
Portion of each state that is federal land 30% 30% 1% 3% 53% VT
= 8% 50% 6% NH = 13% 1% MA = 2% 42% 6% 6% RI = 0.4% 10% CT = 0.4%
85% 1% 3% NJ = 3% 1% DE = 2% 45% 57% 2% MD = 3% 37% 2% 1% 7% DC =
25% 10% 1% 5% 5% 3% 12% 48% 42% 4% 7% 3% 2% 4% 7% 2% 5% 8% 69% 19%
Source: U.S. General Services Administration 2/8/2013 4
States with the most federal land Nevada 84.5% Alaska 69.1%
Utah 57.5% Oregon 53.1% Idaho 50.2% Arizona 48.1% California 45.3%
Wyoming 42.3% New Mexico 41.8% Colorado 36.6% Washington 30.3%
Montana 29.9%District of Columbia 24.7% Hawaii 19.4% New Hampshire
13.5% North Carolina 11.8% Michigan 10.0% Virginia 9.9% 0% 10% 20%
30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% Source: U.S. General Services
Administration 2/8/2013 5
Urbanized areas Urbanized areas Source: Protected Area
Database, Conservation Biology Institute 2/8/2013 6
Private lands Private lands Urbanized areas Source: Protected
Area Database, Conservation Biology Institute 2/8/2013 7
Joint ownership, or unknown Joint/unknown Urbanized areas
Source: Protected Area Database, Conservation Biology Institute
2/8/2013 8
Private conservation lands Private conservation Joint/unknown
Urbanized areas Source: Protected Area Database, Conservation
Biology Institute 2/8/2013 9
Local/regional land agency Local/regional Private conservation
Joint/unknown Urbanized areas Source: Protected Area Database,
Conservation Biology Institute 2/8/2013 10
State land State Local/regional Private conservation
Joint/unknown Urbanized areas Source: Protected Area Database,
Conservation Biology Institute 2/8/2013 11
Tribal land Tribal State Local/regional Private conservation
Joint/unknown Urbanized areas Source: Protected Area Database,
Conservation Biology Institute 2/8/2013 12
Federal land Federal Tribal State Local/regional Private
conservation Joint/unknown Urbanized areas Source: Protected Area
Database, Conservation Biology Institute 2/8/2013 13
Federal lands breakdown Source: Protected Area Database,
Conservation Biology Institute 2/8/2013 14
Defense, Energy, Army Corps of Engineers Defense, Energy, ACOE
Source: Protected Area Database, Conservation Biology Institute
2/8/2013 15
Fish and Wildlife Service Fish and Wildlife Service Defense,
Energy, ACOE Source: Protected Area Database, Conservation Biology
Institute 2/8/2013 16
National Park Service National Park Service Fish and Wildlife
Service Defense, Energy, ACOE Source: Protected Area Database,
Conservation Biology Institute 2/8/2013 17
U.S. Forest Service Forest Service National Park Service Fish
and Wildlife Service Defense, Energy, ACOE Source: Protected Area
Database, Conservation Biology Institute 2/8/2013 18
U.S. Bureau of Land Management BLM Forest Service National Park
Service Fish and Wildlife Service Defense, Energy, ACOE Source:
Protected Area Database, Conservation Biology Institute 2/8/2013
19
Percent of ecoregion formally protected Source: The Nature
Conservancy 2/8/2013 20
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