Public lands in the United States

Other federal agencies that have important roles are the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the United States Department of Defense, which includes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

The trust lands (two sections, or about 1,280 acres (5.2 km2) per township) are usually managed extractively (grazing or mining), to provide revenue for public schools.

Theodore Roosevelt and his conservation group, Boone and Crockett Club created laws and regulations that protected public land.

Recreation opportunities depend on the managing agency, and run the gamut from the less restrictive, undeveloped wide open spaces of BLM lands to the highly developed and controlled national and state parks.

National forests generally have a mix of maintained trails and roads, wilderness and undeveloped portions, and developed picnic and camping areas.

This use became controversial in the late 20th century as it was examined by environmentalists and scientists concerned about the impact of these exotic animals on native plant populations and watersheds.

[10] his mission was in sharp contrast to the historic practice of higher education concentrating entirely on a liberal arts curriculum based largely on Latin and Greek.

[9] Ultimately, most Morill land-grant colleges became large public universities that today offer a full spectrum of educational opportunities.

The railroad companies had been given large federal land grants that were used to back the borrowings from New York and London that financed construction.

The immigrants rapidly pushed westward the frontier line of settlement despite severe droughts, grasshopper plagues, economic distress, and other harsh conditions confronting the new settlers.

The UP's goal was not to make a profit, but rather to build up a permanent clientele of farmers and townspeople who would form a solid basis for routine sales and purchases.

The UP, like other major lines, opened sales offices in the East and in Europe to advertise their lands heavily far away and abroad,[15] offering attractive package rates for migrant farmers to sell out and moved their entire family and necessary agricultural tools to the new destination.

[18] A typical development program was that undertaken by the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad to promote settlement in southeastern Nebraska during 1870–80.

The railroad offered farmers the opportunity to purchase land grant parcels on easy credit terms.