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Last week, the Bureau of Land Management announced its next steps in implementing the highly-anticipated Public Lands Rule. According to the announcement, the agency will form an advisory panel to help guide the implementation of the rule.
Formally known as the Conservation and Landscape Health Rule, the Public Lands Rule puts conservation on an equal footing with other uses on public lands, including livestock grazing, oil and gas drilling, and mining. The rule went into effect June 10, following a public comment period demonstrating overwhelming support.
The BLM also issued a series of internal guidance documents to field offices across the West with information on implementing the mitigation and restoration leasing program. The program allows qualified groups to lease public lands for restoration purposes, or for the purpose of conserving public land to offset negative environmental impacts on public land elsewhere. According to the new guidance, lease applications can be filed on any BLM-managed lands, though the guidance suggests the BLM should ensure that any such lease does not conflict with any ongoing authorized uses.
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In every single one of those parks, Native people have culturally rich relationships and cosmology.”
