Why does the west coast have more public land than the east coast

It’s so easy to find a national forest or park on the west coast, and incredibly sparse on the east coast. It’s not like there aren’t incredible natural formations on the east coast, they’re just mostly all privatized. Why is there more public land out west? 

  Topic History Subtopic North American History Tags Public land USA
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Emma Aspinall

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