Federal Lands

Information on Land Owned and Acquired Gao ID: T-RCED-96-73 February 6, 1996

The U.S. Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the National Park Service, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service manage about 95 percent of all federal lands. This testimony discusses changes during the past 30 years in the amount of acreage managed by these four agencies. In addition, GAO provides preliminary information on the number of acres acquired by these agencies from nonfederal parties during the past 30 years and the means, such as purchase and exchange, by which these acres were acquired.



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