1. Land Use scan Ch. 13

3. Land Use 47% of US land is cropland 45% forest and natural areas only 5% is urban

4. Federal government is the largest land owner Bureau of Land Management manages 262 million acres -- 1/8 of U.S. land

5. Federal government is the largest land owner BLM also administers 300 million acres of subsurface mineral rights and 388 million acres of wildfire management Land is leased to private companies for mining, grazing, & logging

6. 1990 Lake County Land Use Land Use Who decides local land use? county boards city zoning These are units of government which are overlooked by most citizens

7. Land Use watersheds

8. Land Use watersheds www.epa.gov/owow/watershed/ dead zone

9. Land Use watersheds dead zone eutrophy Nitrates stimulate algae growth “Everything is interconnected”

10. Land Use watersheds the Continental Divide

11. Land Use watersheds the Continental Divide

12. 4 Way Divide here Vermillion Kaskaskia Sangamon Embarras

13. Land Use scan Ch. 13 U.S. Population Density (1990)

14. Land Use Urbanization Suburbs

15. Land Use Urban Sprawl loss of farmland & natural areas traffic congestion air & water pollution increased flooding

16. Land Use Urban Sprawl

17. Land Use Urban Sprawl 1955 1975 1995

18. Land Use Urban Sprawl Megalopolis growing into gigalopololis

19. Land Use Urban Sprawl The New Urbanism

20. Land Use Urban Sprawl The New Urbanism www.sustainable.doe.gov/

21. Portland, OR Land Use Urban Sprawl The New Urbanism

22. Land Use Urban Sprawl The New Urbanism

23. Portland, OR Land Use Urban Sprawl The New Urbanism

24. Land Use The National Lawn

25. Land Use Frederick Law Olmstead Riverside, IL

26. Land Use