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GROUPS SEEK TO USE ANTI-REGULATORY TOOL TO UNDO OBAMA-ERA LAND RESTRICTIONS



CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW ACT OF 1996 COULD BE USED TO FREE UP MILLIONS OF ACRES IN THE WEST


Colorado, home of the Gunnison sage grouse / Getty Images

BY: Kevin Mooney — May 8, 2017 5:00 am
A rarely used but potent anti-regulatory tool could be used to undo land use restrictions the Obama administration imposed on more than 72 million acres of western lands, according to attorneys and public policy analysts.


'This coercive, heavy-handed, top-down approach to conservation does not work'


Land was designated as protected grouse habitat under Obama