DOI to rescind rule that would have encouraged “no use” on public land

Secretary Doug Burgum: "The most effective caretakers of our federal lands are those whose livelihoods rely on its well-being."

The controversial public lands rule, proposed last year by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), may be gone. This rule would have encouraged “no use” of public land as a major use, competing with recreation, grazing, logging, mining, energy development, and more.

The Department…