Wyoming challenges public lands rule

An analysis of the comments sent to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) while the agency worked on its new Public Lands Rule suggests that more than nine in ten were in favor of placing more focus on conservation.

Wyoming, however, has strongly objected to the rule and is calling for it to be retracted.

Last week, Governor Mark Gordon announced that the states of Utah and Wyoming had filed a lawsuit to challenge the rule.

“Ever since this abomination of a rule raised its ugly head, demonstrating the Biden Administration’s disregard for the law, I have fought it tooth and nail,” Gordon stated i...