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As Western expansion reached its geographic terminus, the U.S. government began tightening rules around land use and designating protected areas such as national parks and wilderness areas, often displacing local Native Americans in favor of a Wester
It seems sensible to let conservationists compete with extractive industries to lease and restore public lands. But the Interior Department's Public Lands Rule could not block an oil and gas lease on public lands and may benefit energy and mining interests in some ways.
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For more than 200 years, through the U.S. General Land Office and U.S. Grazing Service, the federal government has generated revenue by leasing federal land for various purposes including cattle grazing, oil and gas development, and wind and solar energy.