Lawmakers spar over BLM plan to weigh conservation in land-use decisions
A Bureau of Land Management rule that would, for the first time, count conservation as a legitimate use for public lands, along with mining, logging and other uses, is an “offensive” overreach of federal authority, Republicans said Thursday.
Officials, locals spar over plan to restrict off-highway vehicles in national forest
Forest officials intend to close some of these trails as part of a plan to reduce the impact of off-road travel, as part of an initiative launched in 2005 to mitigate the effects of off-highway vehicles in all 155 national forests.