Federal lands
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Federal lands are lands in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 for which ownership is claimed by the U.S. federal government.

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 , or one-eighth of the landmass of the country. The BLM also manages of subsurface mineral estate underlying federal, state and private...

  • United States Forest Service
    United States Forest Service
    The United States Forest Service is an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture that administers the nation's 155 national forests and 20 national grasslands, which encompass...

  • United States Fish and Wildlife Service
    United States Fish and Wildlife Service
    The United States Fish and Wildlife Service is a federal government agency within the United States Department of the Interior dedicated to the management of fish, wildlife, and natural habitats...

  • National Park Service
    National Park Service
    The National Park Service is the U.S. federal agency that manages all national parks, many national monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations...

  • 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 US Department of the Interior. It is responsible for the administration and management of of land held in trust by the United States for Native Americans in the United States, Native American...

  • United States Department of Defense
    United States Department of Defense
    The United States Department of Defense is the U.S...

    • 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 38,000 civilian and military personnel, making it the world's largest public engineering, design and construction management agency...

  • United States Bureau of Reclamation
    United States Bureau of Reclamation
    The United States Bureau of Reclamation , and formerly the United States Reclamation Service , is an agency under the U.S...

  • 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 control, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development in the Tennessee Valley, a region particularly affected...


See also

  • Crown Estate
    Crown Estate
    In the United Kingdom, the Crown Estate is a property portfolio owned by the Crown. Although still belonging to the monarch and inherent with the accession of the throne, it is no longer the private property of the reigning monarch and cannot be sold by him/her, nor do the revenues from it belong...

  • Article Four of the United States Constitution#Clause 2: Federal property and the Territorial Clause
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