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Senate Republicans would have mandated the sale of over a million acres of BLM lands across the West, but that proposal was axed late Saturday night. Conservation advocates are celebrating, but say the fight isn't over yet.
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Plus there’s no guarantee the public would maintain access.
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The report comes as the Trump administration tries to “unleash” domestic energy supplies.
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Forest Service seeks economic development and wildfire-fighting routes, but environmental advocates are furious
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How governors are pushing back on Republicans public lands proposals
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Proponents say the land would be used for much-needed housing, but environmental groups say eligible areas could include those treasured by communities in the Mountain West.
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Millions of acres across 11 Western states would be up for sale. Republicans say it will help solve the affordable housing crisis, but environmental advocates say it's not a serious solution.
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The new opinion states that presidents may remove or reduce protections for monuments that “never were or no longer are deserving” of such status.
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The Republican push comes after the House removed a much smaller federal lands sale provision from its bill.
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A Republican representative from the Mountain West led an effort Wednesday to remove a controversial provision to sell 450,000 acres of federal land in Nevada and Utah from the House reconciliation bill.