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In a related action, the DOI also cordoned off nearly 10 million of acres of public land as sage grouse habitat and prohibited any economic activity on the land, such as mining or fracking.

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Actress and environmentalist Sigourney Weaver is the narrator of a new video ad campaign urging Gov. Andrew Cuomo to protect roughly 30,000 acres of new public land as motor - free wilderness.

Former Montana Rep. Ryan Zinke was sworn in yesterday as secretary of the Interior Department, assuming oversight of 400 million acres of public land, mostly in the West.

Two decades - old pieces of legislation — the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 and the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands of 1947 — give the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management responsibility for minerals leasing on more than 550 million acres of federally owned public lands, as well as state and private lands where mineral rights have been acquired by the federal governLands of 1947 — give the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management responsibility for minerals leasing on more than 550 million acres of federally owned public lands, as well as state and private lands where mineral rights have been acquired by the federal governlands, as well as state and private lands where mineral rights have been acquired by the federal governlands where mineral rights have been acquired by the federal government.

As part of the plan, the BLM, which controls millions of acres of public lands with the Forest Service, will regulate miners, energy developers and ranchers who hold federal leases to work in sage brush wilderness in 10 states.

Thanks to a partnership with the City of Santa Fe and the Bureau of Land Management, the main Shelter is housed on a 100 - acre campus complete with walking trails and play yards for daily enrichment for our Shelter residents, as well as single and multi - use public dog parks.

Today, the neighborhood is a hub of economic activity, with at least one notable exception — a plot of public land, no bigger than an acre, where an artist collective known as the Flatbread Society is busy planting seeds and baking bread.

As he suggested in his State of the Union speech, President Obama seems willing to generate electricity for three million homes by blanketing a million acres of public lands with taxpayer - subsidized, bird - killing wind turbines, habitat - smothering solar panels, high - voltage transmission lines, and gas - fired backup units.

The Alaska Native Title Claims Settlement Act 1971 (ANCSA) authorised Alaska Natives to select, and receive title to, 44 million acres of federally - owned public land in Alaska, and also to receive $ US962, 000,000 in cash as settlement of their Aboriginal claim to land in the State of Alaska.