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Federal lands are lands in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 for which ownership is claimed by the U.S. Federal Government. These include national park
National park

A national park is a reserve of land, usually declared and owned by a national government, protected from most human development and pollution....
s, military base
Military base

A military base is a facility directly owned and operated by or one of its branches that shelters military equipment and personnel, and facilitates training and operations....
s, and the District of Columbia. Although it is still questionable whether or not the United States Constitution
United States Constitution

The Constitution of the United States of America is the supreme law of the United States. It is the foundation and source of the legal authority underlying the existence of the United States of America; the Federal Government of the United States; and all the State & local governments and Territorial Administrative bodies contained therein....
 gives the federal government complete control over the use and disposition of federal lands, because they were not ceded by a state
U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 state of the United States that share sovereignty with the federal government of the United States . Because of this shared sovereignty, an United States is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of Domicile ....
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Federal lands are lands in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 for which ownership is claimed by the U.S. Federal Government. These include national park
National park

A national park is a reserve of land, usually declared and owned by a national government, protected from most human development and pollution....
s, military base
Military base

A military base is a facility directly owned and operated by or one of its branches that shelters military equipment and personnel, and facilitates training and operations....
s, and the District of Columbia. Although it is still questionable whether or not the United States Constitution
United States Constitution

The Constitution of the United States of America is the supreme law of the United States. It is the foundation and source of the legal authority underlying the existence of the United States of America; the Federal Government of the United States; and all the State & local governments and Territorial Administrative bodies contained therein....
 gives the federal government complete control over the use and disposition of federal lands, because they were not ceded by a state
U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 state of the United States that share sovereignty with the federal government of the United States . Because of this shared sovereignty, an United States is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of Domicile ....
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Primary Federal land holders

  • Bureau of Land Management
    Bureau of Land Management

    The Bureau of Land Management is an agency within the United States Department of the Interior which administers America's public lands, totaling approximately 264 million acres or one-eighth of the landmass of the country....
  • United States Forest Service
    United States Forest Service

    The USDA Forest Service is an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture that administers the nation's 155 United States National Forest and 20 United States National Grassland....
  • United States Fish and Wildlife Service
    United States Fish and Wildlife Service

    The United States Fish and Wildlife Service is the unit of the U.S. Department of the Interior dedicated to the management and preservation of wildlife....
  • National Park Service
    National Park Service

    The National Park Service is the List of United States federal agencies that manages all List of areas in the United States National Park System, many U.S....
  • Bureau of Indian Affairs
    Bureau of Indian Affairs

    The Bureau of Indian Affairs is an agency of the federal government of the United States within the United States Department of the Interior charged with the administration and management of 55.7 million acres of land held in trust by the United States for Native Americans in the United States, List of Native American Tribal Entities and A...
  • United States Department of Defense
    United States Department of Defense

    The United States Department of Defense is the federal department charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government relating directly to national security and the Military of the United States....
    • United States Army Corps of Engineers
      United States Army Corps of Engineers

      The United States Army Corps of Engineers is a federal agency and a major Army command made up of some 34,600 civilian and 650 military personnel, making it the world's largest public services engineering, design and construction management agency....
  • United States Bureau of Reclamation
    United States Bureau of Reclamation

    The Bureau of Reclamation is an agency under the United States Department of the Interior and oversees water resource management, specifically as it applies to the oversight and/or operation of numerous water diversion, delivery, and storage and hydroelectric power generation projects it built throughout the western United States....
  • Tennessee Valley Authority
    Tennessee Valley Authority

    The Tennessee Valley Authority is a federally owned corporation in the United States created by congressional charter in May 1933 to provide navigation, Flood, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development in the Tennessee Valley, a region particularly impacted by the Great Depression....


See also

  • Crown Estate
    Crown Estate

    In the United Kingdom, the Crown Estate is a property financial portfolio associated with the British monarchy, that belongs to the reigning monarch ....