The U.S. Bureau of Land Management will amend its management plan for 3.6 million acres of public land in southwest Wyoming, the federal agency said Wednesday.

The highly anticipated and unusual redo comes just nine months after the Rock Springs Resource Management Plan was completed in December. That plan set off a firestorm of criticism from conservative critics for being overly restrictive. Now, conservation groups lament that what they considered a widely supported compromise cemented under the Biden administration is at risk of a massive overhaul by the Trump administration.

In fact, BLM said it will “review and revise” the plan to ensure it complies with several executive orders issued under the Trump administration, including Unleashing American Energy and Reinvigorating America’s

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