2023 BLM Rule
This page was last updated on June 6, 2023.
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposed regulation, “Conservation and Landscape Health.”
The purpose of this page is to help you submit effective and efficient comments on the new Bureau of Land Management (BLM) regulation titled, “Conservation and Landscape Health.” The rule was posted in the Federal Register Volume 88, No. 63, on April 3, 2023 at pages 19583 – 19604.
The comment deadline is June 20, 2023.
How to Take Action (article by Public Lands Council)
How to Submit effective comments
Links to the rule: https://www.regulations.gov/document/BLM-2023-0001-0001 From this link you can read the rule online. To download a .pdf file, scroll to the bottom of the document and click on the icon provided.
You can also click here to view and print the rule.
Links to relevant laws:
- Federal Lands Policy and Management Act (FLPMA), 43 U.S.C. Chapter 35
- Public Lands Law 43 U.S.C. Chapter 8A – Grazing Lands
- 43 U.S. Code § 952 – Reservoir sites for water for livestock
- 7 U.S.C.Chapter 73 – Farmland Protection Policy Act
- National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
- Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009; 16 U.S.C..
- National Landscape Conservation System 16 U.S.C. §7202
- Administrative Procedure Act – 5 U.S.C. Subchapter II
- Regulatory Flexibility Act- 5 U.S.C. Chapter 6
- Judicial Review – 5 U.S.C. Chapter 7
- Mining and Mineral Lands Policy Act of 1970 -30 U.S.C. 21(a)
Hearings
- Natural Resources Committee:
Examining the Biden Administration’s Efforts to Limit Access to Public Lands | Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee
Helpful articles
- U.S. Dept. of Interior Proposes New Conservation Framework | National Law Review
- “Judicial Review under the Administrative Procedure Act,” by Congressional Research Service
- Letter from Rep. Newhouse and Senator Lummis to BLM Director Stone-Manning about the proposed conservation rule
- Letter from AZ 9th District Rep. Paul Gosar to BLM Director Stone-Manning
- Democrats misunderstand the meaning of representative government in hearing on BLM conservation rule
- New BLM Rules on Conservation Leases will Fundamentally Transform Land Management
- Western Senators Demand Bureau Of Land Management Halt Its Bid To Force Out Citizens Using Public Land
- In Tour Promoting New Rule, Bureau Of Land Management Ignores GOP Mountain States It Would Hurt Most
- BLM’s “Fact Sheet” about “Conservation Leasing” 5-11-23
- BLM Wilderness Areas May be Less Accessible to the Public Soon
Helpful Background Reference Information
- Current situation and future trends for [U.S. beef production] This peer-reviewed article describes the U.S. beef market and gives statistics that 20% of the U.S. herd is born on western rangelands