Trump administration cancels rule that made conservation a 'use' of public lands
FILE - Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, center, is seen at the White House, March 11, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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BILLINGS (AP) — The Interior Department is canceling a rule that put conservation on equal footing with development, as President Donald Trump's administration eases restrictions on industries and seeks to boost drilling, logging, mining and grazing on taxpayer-owned land.
The 2024 rule adopted under former President Joe Biden was meant to refocus the Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management, which oversees about 10% of land in the U.S. It allowed public property to be leased for restoration in the same way that oil companies lease land for drilling.
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