"Interior Rolls Out ‘National Map’ Of Public Lands, Waters"

"Two laws required the department to digitize and publish access information."

"The Interior Department unveiled Thursday the first iteration of a new public tool for mapping federal lands and waters, rolling out a unified “national map” with boundaries used by five agencies.

The U.S. Geological Service led creation of the digital map to meet requirements laid out by Congress in the “Modernizing Access to Our Public Land (MapLand) Act” signed into law in 2022.

That legislation directed Interior to standardize data on federal lands across five agencies: the Bureau of Reclamation, National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, Fish and Wildlife Service, and Forest Service."

Jennifer Yachnin reports for E&E News May 28, 2026.

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Map Viewer (USGS)