Oct. 15, 2024 Webinar: The History and Future of America's Public Land

The History and Future of America's Public Land

Many Americans use public lands for recreation and business but don’t understand how those lands came to be in the public domain.

Join Walt Dabney, former National Park Service Superintendent and Texas State Park Director, to learn about:

• The origin story of public lands;

• The US Constitution and public lands;

• Statehood acts/state constitutions and public lands;

• How public lands became privately owned;

• Why most public lands are in the West;

• The creation of the US Forest Service, National Park Service, and the Bureau of Land Management;

• The economic value of public lands;

• Efforts to transfer public lands from public ownership.

Register: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_X5b5-KyETDCPsgknE0VbyQ

Date & Time: Tuesday, Oct 15, 2024 06:30 PM Mountain Daylight Time (US and Canada)

Webinar ID 827 0357 0568

Please submit any questions to: kirk@westernwildlifeconservancy.org

Percentage of federal public land acreage in each of the top 10 western public land states relative to the state total acreage.

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