Thursday, March 06, 2025

State Politics and Public Lands Management

... Reviewing reports, legislation, and court cases, Blumm and Jamin found that the previous Trump administration systematically worked to reduce various public lands protections, including reversing national monument expansions and endangered species protections, while proposing an industry-friendly reorganization of the Bureau of Land Management. They argue that, in doing so, the president aimed to appeal to industrial interests, often contradicting requests from local residents and Indigenous nations... .

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