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Land Use

Land Use. scan Ch. 13. Land Use. 47% of US land is cropland. 45% forest and natural areas. only 5% is urban. Federal government is the largest land owner. Bureau of Land Management manages. 262 million acres. -- 1/8 of U.S. land. Federal government is the largest land owner.

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Land Use

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  1. Land Use scan Ch. 13

  2. Land Use 47% of US land is cropland 45% forest and natural areas only 5% is urban

  3. Federal government is the largest land owner Bureau of Land Management manages 262 million acres -- 1/8 of U.S. land

  4. Federal government is the largest land owner BLM also administers 300 million acres of subsurface mineral rights and 388 million acres of wildfire management Land is leased to private companies for mining, grazing, & logging

  5. 1990 Lake County Land Use Land Use Who decides local land use? county boards city zoning These are units of government which are overlooked by most citizens

  6. Land Use watersheds

  7. dead zone www.epa.gov/owow/watershed/ Land Use watersheds

  8. dead zone Nitrates stimulate algae growth Land Use eutrophy watersheds “Everything is interconnected”

  9. Land Use watersheds the Continental Divide

  10. Land Use watersheds the Continental Divide

  11. Sangamon Vermillion Embarras Kaskaskia 4 Way Divide here

  12. Land Use U.S. Population Density (1990) scan Ch. 13

  13. Land Use Urbanization Suburbs

  14. Land Use Urban Sprawl loss of farmland & natural areas traffic congestion air & water pollution increased flooding

  15. Land Use Urban Sprawl

  16. 1955 1975 1995 Land Use Urban Sprawl

  17. Land Use Urban Sprawl Megalopolis growing into gigalopololis

  18. Land Use Urban Sprawl The New Urbanism

  19. www.sustainable.doe.gov/ Land Use Urban Sprawl The New Urbanism

  20. Portland, OR Land Use Urban Sprawl The New Urbanism

  21. Land Use Urban Sprawl The New Urbanism

  22. Portland, OR Land Use Urban Sprawl The New Urbanism

  23. Land Use The National Lawn

  24. Land Use Frederick Law Olmstead Riverside, IL

  25. Land Use

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