Let's remember that BLM was established to produce sustained yield and management practices that were out there for conservation efforts. So in every single practice that we're utilizing on blm, land is built in the mandate to utilize conservation. What they're doing in this rule is putting conservation efforts based on no definition of what those conservation efforts are or what they should be, and placing them above every other use. So that in itself turns the entire mission of BLM on its head. And when you have this much federal land in your districts and in your states, it impacts … (00:17–00:29)
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Claims that a new rule places undefined conservation efforts above all other uses on BLM land.
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