What are 'the public lands'?
By: Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior
Edition: Revised March 1971.
Series: Information bulletin / Bureau of Land Management -- no. 1; Information bulletin (United States. Bureau of Land Management) -- no. 1.
Publisher: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
Published: 1971
Place of publication: [Washington, D.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Public lands; United States. Bureau of Land Management; United States
Description: Provides a brief overview of the history and status of public lands, as well as the Bureau of Land Management's role in managing public lands. For the purpose of this bulletin, public lands are defined as chiefly that part of the original public lands of the United States still under Federal ownership which has not been set aside for uses such as national forests and parks. Larger than all other Federal lands combined, they cover some 452.6 million acres--about one-fifth the land area of the United States.
Notes: Caption title.
Table of contents: title: Where are these lands located?; title: What kind of lands are they?; title: Who is responsible for managing these lands?; title: How have these lands been managed in the past?; title: How will these lands be managed in the future?; title: What does this management job involve?; title: What revenues are collected by BLM?; title: Are public lands still being sold?; title: Is it still possible to homestead?; title: Map.