Why So Much Land In The West Is Owned By The Federal Government

Substack: https://geographybygeoff.substack.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geographybygeoff/ Podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/show/what-if-geography or @WiGPod  The United States federal government is the largest land owner in the entire country. In particular, most of its current land holdings exist within the western half of the contiguous United States, with very little in the eastern half. This might seem odd, but there's a very real reason why the federal government has held on to so much of the west... Photos and videos come from Pexels, Pixabay. Attribution below: Alex Garcia Alex Kad Alex Radelich Aric Shelby Arthouse Studio Dean Diemert Fernando Latorre Get Lost Mike Haakon Birkeli Kelly Lacy Musko.io Peter Fowler