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The protected areas of the United States are managed by an array of different federal, state, tribal and local level authorities and receive widely varying levels of protection. Some areas are managed as wilderness, while others are operated with acceptable commercial exploitation. As of 2022 [update], the 42,826 protected areas covered ...
The United States has 63 national parks, which are congressionally designated protected areas operated by the National Park Service, an agency of the Department of the Interior. [1] National parks are designated for their natural beauty, unique geological features, diverse ecosystems, and recreational opportunities, typically "because of some ...
The National Park System of the United States is the collection of physical properties owned or administered by the National Park Service. The collection includes all national parks and most national monuments, as well as several other types of protected areas of the United States. As of August 2024, there are 431 units of the National Park ...
The United States has 154 protected areas known as national forests, covering 188,336,179 acres (762,169 km 2; 294,275 sq mi). [1] National forests are managed by the U.S. Forest Service , an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture . [ 2 ]
United States Forest Service (USFS) United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) These wilderness areas cover about 4.5% of the United States' land area, an area larger than the state of California. About 52% of the wilderness area is in Alaska, with 57,425,569 acres (89,727.452 sq mi; 232,393.03 km 2) of
These protected areas cover 2,607,131 km 2 (1,006,619 sq mi), or 27.08 percent of the land area of the United States. [78] This is also one-tenth of the protected land area of the world. According to a report from the Center for American Progress, the administration of Joe Biden reached a record in conservation. In 3 years of ruling it ...
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List of national monuments of the United States. A 1938 Works Progress Administration poster for Fort Marion National Monument, now called Castillo de San Marcos. The United States has 134 protected areas known as national monuments. The president of the United States can establish a national monument by presidential proclamation, and the ...