Public Land Orders (PLO's) implement the authority granted to the Secretary of the Interior by the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to make, modify, extend, or revoke land withdrawals. A withdrawal removes an area of Federal land from settlement, sale, location, or entry under some or all of the general land laws, for the purpose of limiting activities under those laws to maintain other public values in the area or reserving the area for a particular public purpose or program. Withdrawals are also used to transfer jurisdiction over an area of Federal land from one department, bureau, or agency to another.

Public Land Orders are published in the Federal Register. The Federal Register pages referenced in the listing of Public Land Orders can be located through the online Federal Register pages of the Government Printing Office web site.

Periodically, as Public Land Orders are published, this page will be updated to include the most recent listing.