How to Use public land in a Sentence

public land

noun

• The government will auction off 20 parcels of public land.
• What would be the political cost for him of bringing it to a halt on public lands?
  — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2023
• The deal gives both sides until the end of 2027 to agree on a plan to lease public land around the stadium for the Orioles to develop.
  — Hannah Gaskill, Baltimore Sun, 14 Jan. 2024
• Sign up The project is set to infiltrate one of the country’s largest expanses of public land.
  — Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 13 Mar. 2023
• The rules on oil and gas and public lands use are both expected to become final next year.
  — Matthew Daly, Fortune, 21 July 2023
• Colorado Parks and Wildlife experts swung crate doors open one by one to let the wolves run free onto public land.
  — Justine Calma, The Verge, 19 Dec. 2023
• Camping on public land will be a misdemeanor there, not a felony.
  — Nick Watt, CNN, 9 Aug. 2022
• We were parked just outside the park on public land, on a little isolated knoll.
  — Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Jan. 2023
• The pair were driving down a dirt road on Oct. 15, away from their campsite on public land in west-central Montana, when Chris stopped to glass.
  — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 18 Oct. 2023
• Officials with the Bureau of Land Management called it one of the largest killings of its kind on public land managed by the agency.
  — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
• However, the operator must be at least 12 years of age to ride on public land.
  — Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com, 14 July 2022
• In a wooded slice of public land buffering the mall’s parking lot from the outbound lane of the Glenn Highway were two camping tents and thin footpaths worn in and out of the scrub.
  — Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 8 July 2023
• How much damage will those projects cause to ecosystems and wildlife on America’s public lands?
  — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2023
• Thanks to the vast amount of public land in Utah, off-roading is insanely popular.
  — Alexandra Cheney, Travel + Leisure, 20 Nov. 2023
• Dombeck is the only person to have led the nation's two largest public land management agencies.
  — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2022
• Location didn’t matter, whether the signs were in my yard, a friend’s yard, on a private fence (with permission) or on public land.
  — Annie Lane, cleveland, 21 Sep. 2022
• The area is chockfull of lakes and reservoirs like the idyllic Horsetooth Reservoir surrounded by 1,900 acres of public land.
  — Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 18 Dec. 2023
• As with so many projects on public land, the idea was shelved and subsequently forgotten – until the Kittels moved to town.
  — oregonlive, 2 Sep. 2023
• So land that’s announced as state land is public land, and then cannot be used for the benefit of the Palestinian population.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2023
• Read the daily clues to search for the Pioneer Press medallion hidden on public land in Ramsey County.
  — Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 4 Jan. 2024
• Allowing cattle to graze on public land is also the best way to ensure that land remains open space, Smallhouse said.
  — Joe Duhownik, The Arizona Republic, 22 Aug. 2022
• The family has ranched cattle in the state for more than 150 years as part of a program that issues grazing permits on allotments of public land.
  — Mark Scaglione, NBC News, 27 Sep. 2023
• Most have elk-hunt planners, draw information, and public land maps.
  — Jace Bauserman, Field & Stream, 22 Feb. 2024
• Tribes have been in contact with refuge managers elsewhere in Montana to discuss the future of bison restoration on public lands.
  — Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 26 Oct. 2023
• The town, like many in Vermont, does not allow camping on public land and has made no exceptions for the people leaving hotels.
  — Jenna Russell, New York Times, 20 June 2023
• Later on, the remainder of their lands were swept into national forests and other public lands.
  — Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 9 Aug. 2023
• Hikers will also need to either pay the regular $5 parking fee or display a valid public lands pass.
  — oregonlive, 22 Feb. 2023
• Local economies lost $500 million in tourism spending, and protesters in Utah who were upset at being kept off public lands jumped the gates and tried to occupy the parks.
  — Jack Healy, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2023
• The actions are the latest effort by Biden to rein in oil and gas activities on public lands, part of a broader agenda to combat climate change.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 6 Sep. 2023
• Instead of a national park, for example, visit a state park or public lands.
  — Wendy Altschuler, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024