This is about the public land use rule. The conservation leases in the rule did not specifically include hunting, fishing and trapping. Also the compensatory mitigation section left the door open to possibly selling biodiversity and/or carbon credits. What that means is that a company or NGO could possibly exclude those activities with a conservation lease the way it was worded.
“The previous administration’s Public Lands Rule had the potential to block access to hundreds of thousands of acres of multiple-use land – preventing energy and mineral production, timber management, grazing and recreation across the West,” said Secretary Doug Burgum. “The most effective caretakers of our federal lands are those whose livelihoods rely on its well-being. Overturning this rule protects our American way of life and gives our communities a voice in the land that they depend on.”
SCI Applauds Senate Parliamentary Ruling Blocking Public Land Sale Proposal - ThinkingAfield.org
Safari Club International (SCI) applauds the recent ruling, by the Senate Parliamentarian, that the proposed sale of up to three million acres of public land is non-compliant with the Senate rules, specifically the Byrd Rule. The rule prohibits provisions that are viewed as “extraneous” to the...
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