For the 30th Anniversary of National Public Lands Day—We Look At How Federal Agencies Are Addressing Ongoing Land Management Challenges
September 21, 2023
The federal government manages around 640 million acres, or about 28% of all land across the United States.
But increasingly, federal agencies are grappling with how best to manage public lands in the face of challenges posed by more frequent and dangerous wildfires, and the lasting costs and environmental effects of prior uses of the land.