Federal
State
Individual
landowners
Non-profits
Other
Over a third of U.S. protected lands are federally protected wilderness areas, a network of over 170,000 square miles larger than California.
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V.T.
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ARIZ.
ARK.
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N.M.
Alaska has the highest percentage of
protected lands.
GA.
ALA.
MISS.
TEXAS
LA.
FLA.
HAWAII
ALASKA
Kansas, Nebraska and Kentucky have the lowest.
Federal
State
Individual
landowners
Non-profits
Other
MAINE
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MINN.
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MASS.
N.Y.
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DEL.
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W. VA.
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MO.
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Kentucky, Kansas and Nebraska are the states with the lowest percent of protected lands.
ARK.
S.C.
GA.
ALA.
MISS.
LA.
FLA.
Over a third of the country’s protected lands are federally protected wilderness areas, a network of over 170,000 square miles, larger than California.
WASH.
MONT.
N.D.
ORE.
IDAHO
S.D.
WYO.
NEB.
NEV.
UTAH
CALIF.
COLO.
KAN.
OKLA.
ARIZ.
N.M.
Alaska is the state with the highest percent of
its area protected.
TEXAS
HAWAII
ALASKA
Federal
State
Non-profits
Other
Individual
landowners
MAINE
V.T.
MINN.
N.H.
WIS.
MASS.
N.Y.
N.Y.
R.I.
MICH.
CONN.
PA.
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MD.
DEL.
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ILL.
W. VA.
VA.
MO.
KY.
N.C.
TENN.
ARK.
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Kentucky, Kansas and Nebraska are the states with the lowest percent of protected lands.
GA.
ALA.
MISS.
LA.
FLA.
Over a third of the country’s protected lands are federally protected wilderness areas, a network of over 170,000 square miles, larger than California.
WASH.
MONT.
N.D.
ORE.
IDAHO
S.D.
WYO.
NEB.
NEV.
UTAH
CALIF.
COLO.
KAN.
OKLA.
ARIZ.
N.M.
Alaska is the state with the highest percent of its area protected.
TEXAS
ALASKA
HAWAII
Federal
State
Individual
landowners
Non-profits
Other
MAINE
V.T.
MINN.
N.H.
WIS.
MASS.
N.Y.
N.Y.
R.I.
CONN.
MICH.
PA.
IOWA
N.J.
OHIO
MD.
DEL.
IND.
ILL.
W. VA.
VA.
MO.
KY.
N.C.
TENN.
ARK.
S.C.
Kentucky, Kansas and Nebraska are the states with the lowest percent of protected lands.
GA.
ALA.
MISS.
LA.
FLA.
Over a third of the country’s protected lands are federally protected wilderness areas, a network of over 170,000 square miles, larger than California.
WASH.
MONT.
N.D.
ORE.
IDAHO
S.D.
WYO.
NEB.
NEV.
UTAH
CALIF.
COLO.
KAN.
OKLA.
ARIZ.
N.M.
Alaska is the state with the highest percent of its area protected.
TEXAS
ALASKA
HAWAII
Federal
State
Individual
landowners
Non-profits
Other
Over a third of U.S. protected lands are federally protected wilderness areas, a network of over 170,000 square miles larger than California.
WASH.
MAINE
MONT.
N.D.
V.T.
MINN.
ORE.
N.H.
IDAHO
WIS.
MASS.
N.Y.
N.Y.
S.D.
R.I.
WYO.
CONN.
MICH.
PA.
IOWA
N.J.
NEB.
NEV.
OHIO
MD.
DEL.
UTAH
IND.
ILL.
W. VA.
CALIF.
COLO.
VA.
KAN.
MO.
KY.
N.C.
TENN.
OKLA.
ARIZ.
ARK.
S.C.
N.M.
GA.
Alaska has the highest percentage of
protected lands.
ALA.
Kentucky, Nebraska and Kansas have the lowest.
MISS.
TEXAS
LA.
FLA.
HAWAII
ALASKA