How to Use public land in a Sentence

public land

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  • The government will auction off 20 parcels of public land.
  • Gun season on public land in Ohio is a bit chaotic, to say the least.
    — Beka Garris, Outdoor Life, 16 Dec. 2020
  • And among those, most — 29 — overlapped with public lands.
    — Júlia Ledur, Washington Post, 24 July 2024
  • This herd would be able to roam free on both tribal and public land, and cross back and forth between the U.S. and Canada.
    — Louise Johns, Wired, 12 June 2021
  • What would be the political cost for him of bringing it to a halt on public lands?
    — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Only a few tags from public land zones remained unfilled by the end of this year’s hunt.
    — Michael Hollan, Fox News, 30 Sep. 2021
  • The project, a partnership with the city and Openlands, started in the fall with 25 trees planted on public land.
    — Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com, 25 Feb. 2021
  • The deal gives both sides until the end of 2027 to agree on a plan to lease public land around the stadium for the Orioles to develop.
    — Hannah Gaskill, Baltimore Sun, 14 Jan. 2024
  • When hunting public land, your first job is to get away from all other hunters.
    — Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Sign up The project is set to infiltrate one of the country’s largest expanses of public land.
    — Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 13 Mar. 2023
  • At the time, if there was a problem bear, the park service would work with the DNR to move it from its island to other public land.
    — Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2021
  • The rules on oil and gas and public lands use are both expected to become final next year.
    — Matthew Daly, Fortune, 21 July 2023
  • Colorado Parks and Wildlife experts swung crate doors open one by one to let the wolves run free onto public land.
    — Justine Calma, The Verge, 19 Dec. 2023
  • As for access, Wyoming has 18-million acres of public land.
    — Jace Bauserman, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2021
  • The catch is that the hunter must stay on my own property; no matter how big the buck—or doe—on the public land just on the other side of my fence.
    — Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 26 Dec. 2020
  • Some public land agencies are also adding Braille to trail signs.
    — Rachel Walker, Washington Post, 9 June 2022
  • Don’t give owner John Fisher a 25-year lease on public land.
    — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Camping on public land will be a misdemeanor there, not a felony.
    — Nick Watt, CNN, 9 Aug. 2022
  • The sport is the focal point of the Orange County public land, which has tennis court rentals and ball machines, plus a pro shop and lessons.
    — Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com, 8 Oct. 2021
  • We were parked just outside the park on public land, on a little isolated knoll.
    — Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Jan. 2023
  • At the heart of the dispute are differing opinions about the best use of public land and who should steward the precious resource.
    — Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2022
  • Some states may require a permit to forage on public land.
    — Michael J. Coren, Washington Post, 23 July 2024
  • The pair were driving down a dirt road on Oct. 15, away from their campsite on public land in west-central Montana, when Chris stopped to glass.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Officials with the Bureau of Land Management called it one of the largest killings of its kind on public land managed by the agency.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
  • However, the operator must be at least 12 years of age to ride on public land.
    — Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com, 14 July 2022
  • Reassigning the right-of-way would have no impact on public land.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 17 Dec. 2021
  • King Philip V of Spain declared the springs and surrounding area public land for the benefit of all settlers.
    — Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Oct. 2021
  • In a wooded slice of public land buffering the mall’s parking lot from the outbound lane of the Glenn Highway were two camping tents and thin footpaths worn in and out of the scrub.
    — Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 8 July 2023
  • The Biden administration is blocking new coal mining on public lands at a major hub for the fossil fuel.
    — Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Or there’s the future Garcia Richard, who oversees New Mexico’s public land, envisions.
    — Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 30 Dec. 2024

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