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Oil Production on Federal Lands Reaches Record High

February 17, 2020March 2, 2020 Admin

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Oil produced on federal land leased by the U.S Department of Interior topped one billion barrels last year, the department said Wednesday.

US Can’t Afford Public Lands Congress Wants to Bring Under Federal Government Control

February 24, 2019February 23, 2019 Admin

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by Tim Pearce A lengthy public lands package sitting in Congress adds hundreds of thousands of acres of federally protected wilderness without securing funding to manage it. The House is preparing to vote on a bipartisan land package next week that is roughly 660 pages and composed of 118…