The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) revoked a 2024 rule requiring it to elevate conservation to an equal status as elements like grazing, recreation, or timber in land-use decisions.
The repeal reduces the role of “conservation” in BLM’s land use decisions and reverts the agency’s decision making to the “multiple use and sustained yield” land use strategy outlined in the 1976 Federal Land Policy and Management Act.
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