Farms, forests and open spaces aren’t just American treasures — they are essential to the ranchers, farmers and landowners who feed us and depend on these lands for their livelihoods. Most of those lands are privately owned. In fact, about 70% of the land in the lower 48 states is privately owned. In Nebraska, this figure jumps to 97%. It is thanks to generations of private stewardship that the Sandhills can be celebrated as the largest remaining intact grassland in the world.
