The US Constitution
(as written) prohibits the federal government from owning land that is not
needed to function. It does allow the federal government to own land for
offices and military bases in the US.
The US Land Mass is
3.979 million square miles. The US government owns about 1.114 million square
miles or 28% of the US land mass.
Returning this land to
productive use includes privatizing forest land for tree farms and grassland
for ranches. The annual forest fires in government owned forests well consume 9
million acres in 2018. These forests need to be harvested and maintained to
prevent the destruction these fires cause each year.
There are 11 Western
States that should retake federal lands. The US federal government owns and
controls about half the land mass in these Western States. Federal Land in
these 11 States totals 498,091 square miles. This is 42% of the total land mass
in these States.
Total Land Area by State
Washington:
71,300 square miles
Montana: 147,042
square miles
Oregon: 98,380
square miles
Idaho:
83,570 square miles
Wyoming: 97,813
square miles
California: 163,695
square miles
Nevada: 110,561
square miles
Utah: 84,899 square
miles
Colorado: 104,093
square miles
Arizona: 113,998
square miles
New Mexico: 121,589
square miles
The total land mass in
these 11 Western States is 1.196,940 square miles.
Federal Land by State
by %
Washington 30.3% Montana 29.9% Oregon 53.1% Idaho 50.2%
Wyoming 42.3% California 45.3% Nevada 54.5% Utah 57.4% Colorado 36.6% Arizona
48.1% New Mexico 41.8%
Federal Land by State
in Square Miles
Washington 21,604
Montana 43,966
Oregon 52,240
Idaho 41,952
Wyoming 41,375
California 74,154
Nevada 30,256
Utah 48,789
Colorado 38,098
Arizona 54,833
New Mexico 50,824
The total owned by the
federal government in these 11 States is 498,091 square miles.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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