Why is the only public land in Nevada? I live East of the Mississippi

>>923845
Goes back to the Civil War. Our silver was needed to help fund the Union war efforts. In order to be accepted, Nevada had to give almost all of the land to the government.

This is also the reason behind the Bundy stuff that happened awhile back.

Alaska has lots of public land.

>>923845
Whats blm? It tried google & all i get is #blacklivesmatter.

>BLM land

You realize, unless it's posted somewhere, you can pretty much camp wherever in a National Forest/Grassland or in BLM areas. They usually only ask that your a little bit a ways from the road or trail, you pick up after yourself, and to use already established camp sites if possible.

>>923880
Bureau of Land Management

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East of the Mississippi, there isn't a lot of federal government owned land, but it is made up for with significant areas of state owned land.

Take my state for example, Pennsylvania. Looking at a map of federal land, there's only 1 national forest. There are however 1.5 million acres of state game lands for hunting, and 2.2 million acres of state forests.

No camping is allowed in game lands, but you can dispersed camp anywhere in a state forest.

Check your state for state owned lands. You might be surprised.

>>923864
Six times as much as Nevada, actually.
>>923857
This post is retarded. The federal government owns land in the west because they bought it or conquered it.

>>923962
Learn to NV history, friendo

>>923845
You are allowed to dispersed camp on US Forest Service land, and you're probably allowed to camp on land owned by your state as well. Just do your research and follow the rules.