Interior Scraps Public Land Rule Impeding Drilling, Mining (2)

The Interior Department will finalize in June its rollback of a Biden-era regulation granting greater protections for federal land and allowing groups to lease public land for conservation efforts.

The repeal of the Conservation and Landscape Health Rule “will prevent the prioritization of conservation activities that could exclude other, productive uses,” Interior’s Bureau of Land Management said in a Federal Register public inspection notice published Monday.

The bureau on Tuesday will take its final step to repeal the rule, which the Biden administration finalized in May 2024. The rollback will take effect in 30 days.

The rule, also known ...