Public spaces in America under negotiation once more
News Article: Call to Action Against Proposed Rescission of Public Land Management Rule
The Trump administration has announced the rescission of the Conservation and Landscape Health Rule, also known as the Public Land Management Rule, finalized in 2024. This decision threatens a critical shift at the Bureau of Land Management, potentially returning land management to an extraction-first mentality that overlooks the importance of sustaining healthy ecosystems.
The Public Land Management Rule marked a significant step forward, rebalancing the focus of the Bureau of Land Management towards sustainable management of wildlife and natural resources. It expanded the use of land health assessments and established an adaptive management framework for addressing habitat loss and climate change.
The proposed rescission is part of a larger pattern of policy changes aimed at dismantling public protections for the benefit of private interests. The Public Land Management Rule supports over 300 threatened and endangered species and 2,400 sensitive species, including the elusive pygmy rabbit, the pinyon jay, and the Mojave Desert tortoise. Invasive weeds continue to spread across western public lands, with almost 30% of cold deserts dominated by weeds, compared to 4% in 1992. Climate change is causing chronic drought on 60% of public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management.
Andrew Bowman, the author of this call to action, urges the public to take a stand. He encourages everyone to submit a comment in opposition to the rescission of the Public Land Management Rule by September 19th and November 10th. The comments should be submitted to express opposition to the rescission of important land management policies.
The proposed rescissions threaten common-sense safeguards for the nation's lands, waters, and wildlife. Of the 155 million acres eligible for land health assessments under the Public Land Management Rule, 57 million have failing land health grades and 36 million have not ever been assessed.
The public is also urged to contact their U.S. Senators and Representatives to express their opposition to the rescission of these land management policies. These comments and contact with U.S. Senators and Representatives are meant to convey disapproval of gutting these safeguards.
The person who announced the repeal of the Public Land Management Rules from the Bureau of Land Management is Deb Haaland. The proposed rescissions of the Public Land Management Rule and Roadless Rule, which protects 45 million acres of backcountry forests from industrial extraction and further habitat fragmentation, are a step backwards in the protection of our nation's public lands.
It is crucial for the public to take action and ensure that our lands are managed in a way that balances the needs of both human and wildlife populations. The Public Land Management Rule applies a balanced, long-term perspective, and its rescission threatens to overlook the importance of sustaining healthy ecosystems.
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