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The US seems to be about 2% national parks: "The total area protected by national parks is approximately 52.2 million acres (211,000 km2)" -- https://en.m.wiki
by jeff-davis 4y ago
The US seems to be about 2% national parks:
"The total area protected by national parks is approximately 52.2 million acres (211,000 km2)" -- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_parks_of_the_United_States https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_parks_of_th...
"Total area 3,796,742 sq mi (9,833,520 km2)" -- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States
(Just data; I'm not trying to make any particular point.)
- standardUser 4y agoNational Parks are just one type of designation. There's 20-plus different designations, and that's just at the federal level. Wikipedia says 13% of the land in the US is protected (which is about 10% of all protected land in the world), but I believe certain designations allow for some level of exploitation (hunting, mining etc). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protected_areas_of_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protected_areas_of_the_United_...
- ghaff 4y agoYeah, just looking at National Parks grossly undercounts and, if anything, National Parks are generally more developed (though have more protections) than a lot of other federal properties. Of course, it's somewhat uneven in terms of location. Federal land is disproportionately out west and in Alaska in terms of acreage.
- NegativeLatency 4y agoAlso logging and ranching, combined with the lack of large predators like wolves, bears and wild cats has had a pretty large impact
- pyuser583 4y agoWe also have some national security zones that are off limits to development. Nevada National Security Site, for example.
- megablast 4y agoNational parks with roads running through them.