The Biden administration reversed a Trump-era rule that would have given state and local officials the authority to block conservation purchases made by the federal government.
FILE – This July 15, 2016, file photo, shows the “Moonhouse” in McLoyd Canyon which is part of Bears Ears National Monument, near Blanding, Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
(CN) Of the many midnight regulations passed by the Trump administration on the way out the door, Secretarial Order 3388 may have had the shortest run.
Former Interior Secretary David Bernhardt issued the order less than a week after the election, when much of the national attention remained focused on former President Donald Trump’s efforts to undermine the results.
(The Center Square) – New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu is praising the Biden administration for rescinding a Trump-era directive that slashed state funding from a key federal conservation program.
U.S. Interior Department officials on Thursday canceled a Trump administration directive that gave local and state officials power to block purchases of land and water for conservation under a longstanding federal program.
BILLINGS, Mont. - U.S. Interior Department officials on Thursday cancelled a Trump administration directive that gave local and state officials power to.