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This is a road intended for scenic motoring along a protected corridor, along with the land flanking it.

National Parkway

This is a free-flowing stream that has not been dammed, channelized, or otherwise altered by humans, along with any preserve land bordering it.

National River

This is a recreation area adjacent to a lake that is maintained by the national government.

National Lakeshore

This is a recreation area adjacent to a seacoast that is maintained by the national government.

National Seashore

This is a site whose natural features and heritage make it an attractive setting for recreational pursuits.

National Recreation Area

This is a cemetery maintained by the federal government for people who have served honorably in the armed forces.

National Cemetary

This is a site on which a battle was fought and has been preserved for historic interest.

National Battlefield

This is a landmark or structure commemorative of a historic person or episode.

National Memorial

This is a site that contains a single historic feature.

National Historic Site

This is an area that has characteristics associated with a national park but on which Congress has permitted activities such as hunting, trapping, and oil exploration.

National Preserve

This is a natural landmark, a structure, or a site of historic interest set aside and maintained by a national government for public enjoyment or preservation.

National Monument

This is a tract of land declared public property by a national government for the purpose of preservation and development for recreation and culture.

National Park

Which president signed the Organic Act?

President Woodrow Wilson

This act formed the National Park System

The Organic Act

These types of trails are in, or reasonably accessible to, urban areas on federal, state, or private lands.

National Recreation Trails

This type of trail follows travel routes of national historic significance.

National Historic Trail

This type of trail provides outdoor recreation and the conservation and enjoyment of significant scenic, historic, natural, or cultural qualities.

National Scenic Trail

This system provides recre- ation and access to outdoor areas and historic resources through a national system of trails.

National Trail System

These types of rivers are readily accessible by roads, have some shoreline development, and may have undergone some impoundment in the past.

Recreational Rivers

These types of rivers are free from impoundments in generally undeveloped areas but are accessible in places by roads.

Scenic Rivers

These types of rivers are free from impoundments

Wild Rivers

This is a structure, such as a dam or diversion, that forces the accumulation of water.

Impoundment

This agency preserves selected free-flowing rivers for the benefit and enjoyment of present and future generations.

National Wild and Scenic River Systems

This agency protects and preserves public lands in their natural condition.

The National Wilderness Preservation System

Which state has the LEAST amount of public land in the US?

Connecticut

Which state has the most public land in the US?

Nevada

This agency a part of the Department of Defense, is involved with dams, canals, and flood protection in the United States.

US Army Corps of Engineers

This agency oversees land pertaining to national security and the US armed Forces

US Department of Defense

This agency monitors conditions of the oceans and the atmosphere.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

This agency under the Department of Agriculture, manages the nation’s 155 national forests and 20 national grasslands, which encompass 193 million acres.

US Forest Service

This agency manages fish, wildlife, and habitats.

US FIsh and Wildlife Service

This agency oversees water resource management. It is most closely associated with the oversight and/or operation of projects involving water diversion, water delivery, water storage, and hydroelectric power generation.

Bureau of Reclemation

This agency manages all national parks, many national monuments, and other conservation and historic properties.

National Park Service

This agency manages about 253 million acres of America’s public lands for mineral estate and gas..

Bureau of Land Management

This agency is responsible for the management and conservation of most federal lands and natural resources.

US Department of the Interior