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Lawmakers spar over BLM plan to weigh conservation in land-use decisions

WASHINGTON – 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. The comments came at a House Natural Resources Committee hearing on a bill that would […]

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