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BLM proposed to amend its existing right-of-way regulations to facilitate responsible solar and wind energy development on public lands managed by BLM.
BLM proposed to amend its existing right-of-way regulations to facilitate responsible solar and wind energy development on public lands managed by BLM.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for the U.S. government in a challenge to President Obama's issuance of a proclamation expanding the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument in southwestern Oregon. A timber company argued the proclamation was an invalid exercise of the Antiquities Act because ...
A district court denied environmental groups' motion for summary judgment in a challenge to BLM's 2020 rule that eliminated the 15-day protest process for timber sales and clarified that an authorizing officer can implement forest management decisions immediately. The groups argued BLM violated the ...
The president issued Proclamation No. 10534 of March 21, 2023, establishing the Castner Range National Monument.
The president issued Proclamation No. 10533 of March 21, 2023, establishing the Avi Kwa Ame National Monument.
BLM proposed new regulations that would advance its mission to manage public lands for multiple use and sustained yield by prioritizing the health and resilience of ecosystems across those lands.
The Ninth Circuit reversed in part and vacated in part a district court's decision in a challenge to the Federal Subsistence Board's 2020 approval of two short-term changes to hunting practices on federal land in Alaska—the opening of an emergency deer and moose hunt for a federally recognized tri...
A district court granted summary judgment for DOI in a federally recognized tribe's challenge to the agency's refusal to take land into trust for a casino. The tribe argued DOI misinterpreted the Michigan Indian Land Claims Settlement Act (Michigan Act), and that its refusal violated the APA. The co...
A district court upheld BLM's approval of a proposed lithium mine project in Nevada. Environmental groups, ranchers, and tribes argued the project would cause unnecessary and undue degradation to the local sage-grouse population and habitat, groundwater aquifers, and air quality in violation of FLPM...