Federal Land

Robert Keiter is the Director, Wallace Stegner Center of Land, Resources, and the Environment, and law professor at the University of Utah, Robert Keiter is an expert in natural resource law. The US federal government owns 640 million acres of land- that sum adds up to about 28% of the nation. The more shocking numbers come from the vast difference in the federal ownership of western states vs the rest of the nation. The federal government owns 47% of 11 western states while only owning 4% in the other states. Robert Keiter discusses the debate over federal lands and what the future of this disagreement could be.