PUBLIC LANDS POLICY
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Silences the Public
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Results in Lasting Damage
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Restricts Public Access
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Eliminates Tribal Engagement
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Top Public Policy Threats to Public Lands
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| Top Public Policy Threats to Public Lands/Topic | Executive Order Reducing Bears Ears and Grand Staircase National Monument | Massive mandatory oil and gas lease sales | Undermining the Antiquities Act | Repeal of the Public Lands Rule | Sale & Disposal of Public Land for Private Industrial Use | Weakening the Endangered Species Act | Weakening Protections for Wilderness Areas | Weakened National Environmental Policy Act | Eliminating requirements for OHVs to minimize harm to wildlife, wilderness, cultural resources | Mandating oil and gas sales within the Special Areas of the Western Arctic | Fast tracking oil and gas leases and mining permits | Forced retirements and purging of Bureau of Land Management staff |
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| Eliminates Tribal Engagement | Yes | Yes? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Silences the Public | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Strips Protections to Allow Destructive Uses | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Privatizes Public Land | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||
| Restricts Public Access | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Defunds Stewardship or Restoration | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Breaks Laws and Precedents | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Results in Lasting Damage | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
