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What Could Be Lost After Trump Rescinds Rule Protecting Public Lands

Lithium mining, mass logging mark new US public land management policy in Oregon after a key conservation rule was repealed.
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Just over two years ago, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) adopted a policy designed to ensure that, after decades of uneven attention to conservation, the Bureau would center conservation and ecological concerns in its management of public lands.  The Conservation and Landscape Health Rule, also known as the Public Lands Rule, explicitly stated that […]

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New Federal Logging Plan Could Decimate Oregon’s Old Growth Forests

Under Trump, the Bureau of Land Management wants to restore timber harvests to pre-1990 levels. Federal agencies say it could reduce wildfire risk and boost the economy. Environmental groups warn it could make conditions worse.
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In February, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) filed a notice of intent to revise its resource management plan for the nearly 2.5 million acres of forest land it manages in Oregon—aiming to quadruple its annual timber harvest.  If the revised plan goes into effect, it could represent a step back in time to an […]

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