Wild mammals are making a comeback in Europe thanks to conservation efforts

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_...

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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.

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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

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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.

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