public land
noun
: land owned by a government
specifically
: that part of the U.S. public domain subject to sale or disposal under the homestead laws
Examples of public land in a Sentence
the management of public lands
The government will auction off 20 parcels of public land.
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Randi Spivak, a public lands director for the Center for Biological Diversity, argued the orders would cause major destruction.
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Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2025
Spivak of the Center for Biological Diversity said logging on public lands risks polluting water and threatens the more than 400 species protected under the Endangered Species Act that rely on national forests, including grizzly bears, spotted owls and wild salmon.
—Laura Paddison, CNN, 6 Mar. 2025
As the executive order reopening Alaska for resource extraction suggests, many of the administration’s rollbacks mean turning federal responsibilities over to individual states or local governments, a tactic that the previous Trump administration had already explored with public lands management.
—May Wang, JSTOR Daily, 6 Mar. 2025
Other attempts to reinstate fired federal public land workers have failed in recent weeks.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2025
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Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2025
Spivak of the Center for Biological Diversity said logging on public lands risks polluting water and threatens the more than 400 species protected under the Endangered Species Act that rely on national forests, including grizzly bears, spotted owls and wild salmon.
—Laura Paddison, CNN, 6 Mar. 2025
As the executive order reopening Alaska for resource extraction suggests, many of the administration’s rollbacks mean turning federal responsibilities over to individual states or local governments, a tactic that the previous Trump administration had already explored with public lands management.
—May Wang, JSTOR Daily, 6 Mar. 2025
Other attempts to reinstate fired federal public land workers have failed in recent weeks.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for public land
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“Public land.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/public%20land. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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