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December 2, 2016

U.S. overhauls system for planning on public lands

  • Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso vows to try to reverse the action that covers almost 250 million acres of federal lands.
    • By MATTHEW BROWN
    Associated Press

    BILLINGS, Mont. — U.S. government officials on Thursday finalized an overhaul of how they plan for oil and gas drilling, mining, grazing and other activities across public lands in the West.

    The move by the Bureau of Land Management aims to address longstanding criticism of an often-cumbersome process that dictates development across almost 250 million acres of federal lands, primarily in 12 Western states and the Dakotas.


     
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