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The Natural Resources Management Act passed by the U.S. Senate this week offers a mixed big for rural America, according to the Public Lands Council and National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Federal Lands, Executive Director Ethan lane. 
Between the creation of a public database for recipients of Equal Access to Justice funds, critical wilderness boundary adjustments, and the resolution of long-standing land and ownership disputes, the bill advances several public policy priorities for U.S. ranchers. 
 
However, Lane says the bill “also includes several provisions that are sure to leave rural communities scratching their heads.” 
The biggest question mark surrounds the Land and Water Conservation Fund, which the Senate voted to permanently reauthorize with only minor progress toward providing states with their “fair share” of funding. 
 
In the absence of Congressional oversight, Lane says the program “looks set to become a slush fund used to prioritize recreation over other multiples uses of federal land.”

 


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