Republican Senators are asking Doug Burgum, the Secretary of the Interior, to follow through on months of evaluation and finally revoke a public lands rule from the Biden era.
Critics say the rule restricts uses on millions of acres that the Bureau of Land Management oversees.
Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming, who chairs the Senate Western Caucus, joined 11 other GOP senators in issuing “strong support” in a letter for rescinding the public lands rule that elevated conservation as an official use of BLM lands.
In September, the Department proposed revoking the rule that was put in place during 2024, and the 60-day comment period recently concluded. E & E News said the proposal to revoke the rule followed five months of review.
“Our constituents live with and rely on the use of Federal lands every day,” the senators wrote.
“These working lands are not abstract reserves that need to be locked away.”
