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EPA/600/C-05/005
THE SOUTHWEST REGIONAL GAP PROJECT:
LAND OWNERSHIP IN NEVADA
William G. Kepner1, Todd D. Sajwaj2, Daniel T. Heggem1, and David F. Bradford1
'U-S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Exposure Research Laboratory,
Environmental Sciences Division, Las Vegas, Nevada 89119, 'University of Idaho, College of Natural Resources, Moscow, Idaho 83844
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Map Legend
• Cities and Towns
State Boundaries
Major Roads
| Water Bodies
Land Owner Categories
| Bureau of Indian Affairs (6IA)
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Bureau of Reclamation (BOR)
City Lands
County Lands
Department of Defense (DoD)
and Department of Energy
^B Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)
^Bl Forest Service (LISPS)
H National Park Service (NPS)
| Other Land Owner
Other Local Government Lands
^H other state Lands
Private Unrestricted for Development
Regional Government Lands
State Parks & Recreation Areas
State School Lands
^B State Wildlife Reserves
~ The Nature Conservancy (TNC)
Water
Approximately
86% of Nevada is held
in the public trust. The
largest land manager in
Nevada is the Bureau of Land
Management. Other extensive
land management agencies in the
state include the U.S. Forest Service,
the Department of Defense, and the De-
partment of Energy. These public lands
serve a variety of purposes including livestock
grazing, military training/homeland defense, rec-
reation, timber harvesting, mining, and biological
research and conservation. A primary objective of the
Gap Analysis Program is to provide an assessment of the
management status for certain elements of biodiversity
(vegetation communities and animal species throughout their
U.S. range) and to provide land stewards with information on the
representation of these elements so they can make informed deci-
sions about their management practices regarding biodiversity. To ac-
complish this, the mapped distributions of vegetation communities are
compared to a map of land ownership. Though we record the ownership en-
tities of public lands and privately owned conservation lands, we also acknowl-
edge that these attributes are complex and rapidly changing. This state land own-
ership map and other geospatial data for Nevada can be found online at:
http://www.epa.gov/nerlesdl/land-sci/gap.htm
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