Protected areas of the United States
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protected-areas-of-the-united-states-245-15230705
title:
Protected areas of the United States
text:
The protected areas of the United States are managed by an array of different federal, state, tribal and local level authorities and receive widely varying levels of protection. Some areas are managed as wilderness, while others are operated with acceptable commercial exploitation. As of 2022, the 42,826 protected areas covered 1,235,486 km2 (477,024 sq mi), or 13 percent of the land area of the United States. This is also one-tenth of the protected land area of the world. The U.S. also had a to
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Legally protected land, eg national parks
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protected_areas_of_the_United_States
date created:
date modified:
2024-03-27T04:21:54Z
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13
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15