A coalition of industry groups submitted a letter to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in mid-November, calling for the rescission of the 2024 Conservation Landscape and Health Rule, also known as the Public Lands Rule.
“As finalized in the 2024 Rule, the leasing program effectively authorizes BLM state directors to withdraw lands from productive uses for a potentially unlimited amount of time through renewals and without appropriate public notice and comment, necessarily infringing on the statutorily protected components of other permitted activities,” the groups wrote. The coalition expressed concern with elevating conservation as a use “on par” with other uses, such as livestock grazing. “Rescinding the 2024 Rule will restore multiple use and sustained yield management of public lands and improve vital relationships between ranchers and BLM staff,” the groups concluded.
The coalition included the American Farm Bureau Federation and state farm bureaus, along with state affiliates of the American Sheep Industry Association, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and the Public Lands Council.
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