pie chart of land ownership in the US showing mostly private, over 1/4th Federal, and small slices of other public land

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This chart shows that Federal lands (BLM = Bureau of Land Management, NPS = National Park Service, USFS = US Forest Service, USFWS = US Fish & Wildlife Service) make up 27.5% of all land in the US. You can find more detailed data at the USGS Gap Analysis Project or an interactive, more accessible summary at this page published by Headwaters Economics.

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