Legislative Background on Public Land Use
Recent Action by Congress on Federal Land Management
During the first few months of his presidency, Donald Trump has taken a new approach to the management of America’s public lands. This strategy has encompassed Executive orders, support for legislation to roll back previous initiatives, and the appointment of officials with a different Federal land management philosophy from their predecessors. Bureau of Land Management Planning Rule. On December 13, 2016, the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) published its final resource Management Planning Rule, commonly referred as Planning 2.0. The rule, which took effect on January 11, 2017, sets out a process for developing guidance…
