WEST Act of 2025

Repeal of BLM conservation rule

If enacted, this bill would cancel the Bureau of Land Management final rule based on the proposed rule titled "Conservation and Landscape Health" (88 Fed. Reg. 19583, April 3, 2023). The bill would declare that final rule to have no force or effect. That would remove the specific regulatory requirements the rule would have imposed on BLM-managed lands. If you use or hold permits for BLM land (grazing, recreation, or other uses), you could face fewer regulatory steps and lower compliance costs. It could also reduce conservation protections and affect landscape-health outcomes on those public lands. The bill does not set an effective date, add funding, or replace the rule with a new regulatory framework.