Track legislation, acreage trends, funding, and wildlife data for America's public lands.
Protected acres
622M
+306M since 1975
Maintenance backlog
$22.9B
FY2024 system-wide
Annual visitors
332M
Record high in 2024
Proposed NPS budget FY2026
$2.1B
-37% from FY2025
Protecting 30% of US land and water by 2030
Target: protect 30% (~681M acres) of US land by 2030 — currently at 27.4%
Federal protected acres vs. land open to extraction
Record visits, shrinking real budget
Sources: NPS Asset Management Reports · DOI FRPP · doi.gov/deferred-maintenance-and-repair
Which agencies manage America's public lands
ESA-listed species — USFWS ECOS
Key laws, rollbacks, and executive actions shaping America's public lands
FEC campaign finance data · api.open.fec.gov
National parks and public lands bills — 119th Congress
