Permanently protected lands map
The map below shows the 2.9 million acres of permanently protected land in North Carolina. The map was complied as part of a larger geographic information system project during which the North Carolina Center for Geographic Information and Analysis worked with land protection partners across the state to create a series of maps of protected open space. The effort resulted in a data set of four compact disks. The set, entitled Basin Pro —Million Acre Edition, is available for purchase.

Ownership of permanently protected lands
The chart below represents the ownership of the 2.8 million acres of protected land that existed in January 1999. Seventy-five percent of our state's preserved land is owned by the federal government, 19 percent is owned by the state government, 4 percent is owned by nonprofit groups, and approximately two percent is owned by local governments.