What's the difference between a state and national forest?
What's the difference between a state and national forest? Simply put, state forests are owned by the state and managed at a state level, while national forests are federal lands owned by the American people and managed at the federal level.
What percentage of the U.S. is national forest?
There are 154 national forests and 20 national grasslands containing 193 million acres (297,000 mi2/769 000 km2) of land. These lands comprise 8.5 percent of the total land area of the United States, an area about the size of Texas.
What state has no national parks?
There are 22 states without national parks: Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Puerto Rico.