U. S. Department of the Interior homepage.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) administers over 250 million acres of public lands in the West.

National Atlas of the United States: The latest map of the National Atlas portrays America's terrain. A variety of maps are available.

Mining on Public Lands

There has been alot of sound and fury (but maybe too little action?) around reforming the Mining Law of 1872. The linked article has good background on the law as well as recent updates.

Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling

Timbering of Public Lands

Grazing Issues

One of the biggest issues in the public lands area, particularly in the Southwest, is livestock grazing rights in national forests and parks. For more information on the topic check out:

The Public Lands Grazing Activist

Forest Guardians

Waste of the West website

People for the USA (a pro-ranching, pro-grazing website)

Cattle Grazing on Public Lands (brief introduction to the problem)