Why the Federal Government Owns Almost a Third of US Land

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Federal land in the United States: why the government owns 28% of the country.

The US government owns about 640 million acres, and most of it sits out West. In Nevada, roughly 80% of the state is federal land. Seth Williams of REtipster explains how westward expansion, the Homestead Act and land nobody wanted left Washington as the biggest landowner in America.

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