Feds officially cancel conservation rule for public lands, including 13.5M acres in New Mexico

The Bureau of Land Management, which oversees 13.5 million acres in New Mexico, said Monday it was officially nixing the "Public Land Rule."

By: Patrick Lohmann

Outlets: Source New Mexico

Published: May 11, 2026

Words: 452

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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The United States Bureau of Land Management on Monday formally cancelled the so-called “Public Land Rule,” which required the agency to consider conservation and development equally in land-use decisions for millions of acres across the West.

The BLM, which manages 13.5 million acres of land in New Mexico, published a notice Monday in the Federal Register finalizing its elimination of the 2024 rule, officially known as the Conservation and Landscape Health Rule. …

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