About this tool
This tool presents screenshots showing how constrained a set of metro areas are by federally owned land, with a focus on land managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). It helps show where federal land may limit or offer room for development around metros with high developable land potential.
- Shows
- Screenshots illustrating how much federally owned land constrains selected metro areas.
- Places
- Metro areas
Questions it answers
- How constrained is a given metro area by federally owned land?
- Which metros with high developable land potential are bordered by federal land?
- Could federal land help expand housing opportunities around a particular metro?
- Where is Bureau of Land Management land located relative to a metro area?
Limits
- Covers only a selected set of metro areas, not all metros.
- Presented as screenshots in a PDF, so it is a static view rather than an interactive map or downloadable data.