Approximately 87 percent of Nevada’s lands are owned and managed by the federal government and its agencies, including the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, Department of Energy, U.S. Forest Service, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Nevada’s wide ranging public lands give rise to many land management issues, such as grazing and water rights; Native American Claims; resource protection; claims in defense of the environment; wild horses; safety of federal officers, and state’s rights. The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Nevada has jurisdiction to prosecute individuals who commit offenses on these public lands, and also represents the United States in civil actions filed on behalf of or against the land management agencies.

Nevada is home to 31 Indian Tribes & Reservations. The United States Attorney’s Office has jurisdiction to prosecute felonies occurring on these reservations. The staffed branch office in Reno, Nevada, handles the majority of the cases that originate on Nevada Indian lands.