This agency manages about 253 million acres of Americas public lands as well as 700 million acres of subsurface mineral estate.

GENERAL FORESTRY

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This agency manages about 253 million acres of America’s public lands as well as 700 million acres of subsurface mineral estate.

A	U.S. Department of Agriculture
B	Bureau of Land Management
C	National Park Service
D	US Department of the Interior

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Four major federal land management agencies-the Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service and the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), and National Park Service (NPS)-are responsible for managing about 95% of these lands.

Detailed explanation-2: -What We Manage. The Bureau of Land Management administers more surface land (245 million acres or one-tenth of America’s land base) and more subsurface mineral estate (700 million acres) than any other government agency in the United States.

Detailed explanation-3: -Bureau of Land Management (BLM)-The agency was formed in 1946 from the consolidation of the Grazing Service and the General Land Office.

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