[sodpoodle]

Don’t know how to print the map - but since 1776 -the Feds sure have seized more land than the Brits could have ever dreamed of.

http://bigthink.com/strange-maps/291-federal-lands-in-the-us

The United States government has direct ownership of almost 650 million acres of land (2.63 million square kilometers) – nearly 30% of its total territory. These federal lands are used as military bases or testing grounds, nature parks and reserves and indian reservations, or are leased to the private sector for commercial exploitation (e.g. forestry, mining, agriculture). They are managed by different administrations, such as the Bureau of Land Management, the US Forest Service, the US Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Park Service, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the US Department of Defense, the US Army Corps of Engineers, the US Bureau of Reclamation or the Tennessee Valley Authority.

[wideawake]

The federal government didn't "seize" this land.

The federal government owns it through purchase or treaty.

It organized territories on land it owns.

It authorized the creation of new states on those lands.

While I think it's high time a lot of this land was put on the market, it is ridiculous to say that US government seized its own land.

[Kaslin]

Wow it looks like the government owns almost all of Nevada. How did that happen?

[Elsie]

The United States government has direct ownership of almost 650 million acres of land (2.63 million square kilometers) – nearly 30% of its total territory. These federal lands are used as military bases or testing grounds, nature parks and reserves and indian reservations, or are leased to the private sector for commercial exploitation (e.g. forestry, mining, agriculture).

WHAT???

A vast majority of these are SOVERIGN nations!