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Re:Wild mammals are making a comeback in Europe thanks to co... by jeff-davis on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @05:09PM (#34073403)
The US seems to be about 2% national parks:

"The total area protected by national parks is approximately 52.2 million acres (211,000 km2)" -- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_parks_of_th...

"Total area 3,796,742 sq mi (9,833,520 km2)" -- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States

(Just data; I'm not trying to make any particular point.)

Re:Wild mammals are making a comeback in Europe thanks to co... by standardUser on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @05:37PM (#34073752)
National Parks are just one type of designation. There's 20-plus different designations, and that's just at the federal level. Wikipedia says 13% of the land in the US is protected (which is about 10% of all protected land in the world), but I believe certain designations allow for some level of exploitation (hunting, mining etc).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protected_areas_of_the_United_...

Re:Wild mammals are making a comeback in Europe thanks to co... by ghaff on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @05:55PM (#34073998)
Yeah, just looking at National Parks grossly undercounts and, if anything, National Parks are generally more developed (though have more protections) than a lot of other federal properties. Of course, it's somewhat uneven in terms of location. Federal land is disproportionately out west and in Alaska in terms of acreage.
Re:Wild mammals are making a comeback in Europe thanks to co... by NegativeLatency on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @07:55PM (#34075276)
Also logging and ranching, combined with the lack of large predators like wolves, bears and wild cats has had a pretty large impact
Re:Wild mammals are making a comeback in Europe thanks to co... by pyuser583 on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @01:51AM (#34077484)
We also have some national security zones that are off limits to development.

Nevada National Security Site, for example.

Re:Wild mammals are making a comeback in Europe thanks to co... by megablast on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @12:56AM (#34077185)
National parks with roads running through them.