New rule would allow for conservation leases on public land, but western politicians are skeptical

A new rule from the Bureau of Land Management that would allow for conservation leases on public land is seeing pushback from some western Republicans, including Utah Gov. Spencer Cox and Rep. John Curtis.

, the center's deputy director Aaron Weiss said "the pearl-clutching opposition to a draft proposal is perplexing."

"The Bureau of Land Management is charged with managing lands for 'multiple use and sustained-yield,' which means those lands can be managed for recreation, livestock grazing, timber, minerals, wildlife and fish, and more. The new rule endangers that idea of multiple use," Cox said onThe governors' opposition is in part due to the rule being excluded from the National Environmental Policy Act, the rigorous review process for projects and land management.

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