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07/08/2017 / By Amy Goodrich

This shocking map illustrates how much land the Federal Government really owns

Though most of us know the American federal government owns some land, not many people realize how much exactly is controlled by the feds. Today, they hold approximately 640 million acres of land or 28 percent of the 2.27 billion acres of land in the United States. Around 92 percent of all the federally owned […]

03/15/2017 / By Jayson Veley

Are 200,000 U.S. acres going to be returned to Mexico in border line mistake?

Everybody knows that mistakes happen – they are a part of life. Its not everyday, though, that a mistake is so big that it costs 200,000 acres of land. According to Chihuahua Senator Patricio Martinez Garcia, a total of 214,381 acres of land owned by the United States since the 19th century actually belongs to […]

01/11/2017 / By Ethan Huff

Obama has placed more land and water under federal control than any other president in history

In what appears to be a thinly-veiled slap in the face to President-Elect Donald Trump, who’s made it clear that he supports expanded domestic energy production, outgoing President Barack Obama has once again decided to seize land in the United States and place it under the jurisdiction of the federal government, effectively rendering it off-limits to […]

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