Biden administration moves to make conservation an equal to industry on US lands

Biden administration moves to make conservation an equal to industry on US lands

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration on Thursday finalized a new rule for public land management that's meant to put conservation on more equal footing with oil drilling, grazing and other extractive industries on vast government-owned properties.

US public land could be leased for conservation

BILLINGS, Mont. — The Biden administration finalized a new rule Thursday for public land management that's meant to put conservation on more equal footing with industries on government-owned properties.

Biden administration issues final rule to allow local agencies to lease some federal lands

The Biden administration has issued its final rule on maintenance of public lands, finalizing a 2023 proposal to allow leases of those lands for conservation purposes. The rule, issued Thursday by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), would finalize the bureau’s proposal for “conservation leases.” It outlines which people and entities would qualify, including tribal…

New Biden Rule Boosts Conservation On Public Lands

The changes are a marked shift for a federal agency that environmentalists have long derided as the “Bureau of Livestock and Mining.”

Biden administration moves to make conservation an equal to industry on US lands

The Biden administration is moving to let conservationists lease government land for restoration. It's part of an effort to make conservation an “equal” to other uses of public lands such

BLM finalizes rule focused on conservation

The Bureau of Land Management has finalized a rule agency officials say will put conservation on an equal footing with other uses of the lands it administers, after making changes to a draft proposal in response to concerns over the…