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The Bureau of Land Management on Thursday adopted a long-awaited rule that aims to put conservation initiatives “on equal footing” with oil and gas leasing, grazing and other commercial uses of federal land.
The rule “combines our ongoing work with a vision for conservation to help us manage lands into the 21st century,” BLM Director Tracy Stone-Manning said in a video announcing the rule. “It ensures that the BLM can carry out its multiple-use and sustained-yield mission now and into the future — a mission that includes providing minerals, energy, forage, timber and recreational opportunities, and now a renewed commitment to conservation.” This shift by the country’s largest land manager has been applauded by conservation and environmental organizations and criticized by oil and gas and agricultural groups.
Voters in western Montana will have a choice of candidates for the Public Service Commission with write-in Elena Evans on the ballot. The Secretary of State’s Office confirmed this week Evans, an independent, received more than 5,000 accepted signatures, more than the minimum 3,050.
Evans, a geologist, will face off against incumbent Commissioner Jennifer Fielder in District 4, roughly northwest Montana. Currently all five commissioners are Republican. The Public Service Commission regulates monopoly utilities in the state. It has recently approved steep rate increases for power customers, including a 28% hike for NorthWestern Energy’s residential electricity customers. Evans, environmental health manager for the Missoula City-County Health Department, took aim at the Public Service Commission’s approval of the NorthWestern increase in her campaign.
The general election is still about four months away and, with the latest polls showing an incredibly tight race, anything can happen in that time. But that hasn’t stopped former President Donald Trump who, in concert with top Republicans and conservative figures and organizations, already sketched out a plan to reshape the federal government in their image.
Simply put, Project 2025 is a massive, 920-page document that outlines exactly what the next Trump presidency would look like. This doesn’t just include policy proposals — like immigration actions, educational proposals and economic plans — but rather a portrait of the America that conservatives hope to implement in the next Republican administration, be it Trump or someone else. The document is a thorough blueprint for how, exactly, to carry out such a vision, through recommendations for key White House staff, cabinet positions, Congress, federal agencies, commissions and boards.
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