United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1996-03-13 monographic deposited born digital 52 p. GA 1.13:RCED-96-40 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-40 P0b002ee18037323f f:rc96040 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-40 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-40 RCED-96-40 Land management Public lands Land transfers Non-profit organizations State governments Wildlife conservation Property rights procurement Native Americans National parks National forests Alaska Arizona California Colorado Idaho Montana Nevada New Mexico Oregon Texas Utah Washington Wyoming Letter Report RCED Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the federal government's ownership, management, use, and regulation of lands in the United States, focusing on: (1) changes in the ownership of lands managed by the four major land management agencies from June 1964 through September 1994; (2) changes in the number of acres managed for conservation; (3) nonfederal acreage that is subject to federal rights of use such as easements and leases; (4) acreage held in trust for Native Americans; (5) acreage owned by 13 selected western states; and (6) acreage transferred by three nonprofit organizations.<p/>GAO found that: (1) between June 1964 and September 1994, the acreage managed by the four major land management agencies decreased from 700.8 million acres to about 622.8 million acres; (2) the Bureau of Land Management transferred significant acreage to the other agencies, Alaska, and Native Alaskans; (3) the Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Park Service, and the Forest Service increased the total acres that they manage; (4) about 43.7 percent of the acreage these agencies manage are for conservation purposes; (5) as of September 1994, the federal government had rights-of-use through leases, agreements, permits, and easements to over 3 million acres of nonfederal land, usually to support the management of adjacent federal lands; (6) in 1995, the federal government held about 52.3 million acres in 33 states in trust for Native Americans; (7) as of September 1994, the 13 western states owned about 141.9 million acres; and (8) between 1964 and September 1994, three nonprofit organizations transferred about 3.2 million acres to other public and private entities through sales, donations, and exchanges. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-40/html/GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-40.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-40/pdf/GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-40.pdf GAO/RCED-96-40 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-40 Letter Report GAO/RCED-96-40; Land Ownership: Information on the Acreage, Management, and Use of Federal and Other Lands; Land management Public lands Land transfers Non-profit organizations State governments Wildlife conservation Property rights procurement Native Americans National parks National forests Alaska Arizona California Colorado Idaho Montana Nevada New Mexico Oregon Texas Utah Washington Wyoming