WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Mining Association (NMA), along with a broad coalition, today filed in the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming to challenge the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Conservation and Landscape Health rule.
Rich Nolan, president and CEO, said, “This plainly unlawful rule is a prime example of the administration’s self-defeating mining policy, and must be struck down. Through rules that are designed to open the door to de facto land withdrawals, this administration continues to erect new barriers to responsible domestic mining projects, threatening to deepen our already grave foreign mineral reliance and blocking access to valuable coal resources at the exact moment minerals and energy demands are exploding. Our laws have always recognized the government’s responsibility to manage public lands for multiple uses. We are absolutely in support of conservation efforts, but they cannot be prioritized over all other lawful uses.”
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