Its basically just like nature preserves and places that the government wants to keep safe from tourists and land developers and stuff.
Oklahoma
The national government claimed ownership of the land west of the Appalachians and east of the Mississippi River for the national government rather than any of the states. The Land Ordinance of 1785 provided how this land would be distributed. The land was divided into square townships, each 6 miles by 6 miles. Each township was then further divided into 36 one-mile square sections. The Land Ordinance requred that (1) one section in each township be set aside for a school, (2) four sections in each township would be reserved by the national government to provide land bounties to veterans for the American Revolution, and (3) the government would sell the remaining 29 sections at public auction, with a minimum bid of $640 per section.
Reserve or reservation.
white settlers discovered gold and silver on land already set aside for native Americans
The government gave railroad companies huge pieces of land.
preservation
The recent setting aside of large areas of virgin land in Alaska is an act of preservation.
What is a major reason for the government to put large tracts of land aside?
The Land Grant System was based on the federal government setting aside land for states to use for agricultural colleges. The land was set aside to be used for financing the cost for starting the colleges.
The Land Grant System was based on the federal government setting aside land for states to use for agricultural colleges. The land was set aside to be used for financing the cost for starting the colleges.
A block of land set aside for the government for income purposes due to the sale or rent of the land.
To preserve land.
it set aside protected land
National Parks Commons Public Lands Parks
A national park is land set aside because of its natural outstanding beauty.
My personal opinion is no, but this is very debatable. I think no because the preservation of the land isn't up to the government, it's up to the people. The government is there to protect the people and make their lives better, not control it. They should have special concervancies to decide that. (Not government run ones, either).
The federal government had passed an act that designated the entire Great Plains as one enormous reservation, or land set aside for Native American tribes.