WASHINGTON, D.C. — Wyoming’s delegation moved Wednesday to overturn a number of Biden-era BLM land management plans including one that limited mining near Buffalo, Wyoming.

BLM’s Resource Management Plans hatched during the Biden administration are increasingly under fire from GOP lawmakers across the West, who view many as an impediment to economic growth in rural communities.

“They attempted to shut down all future coal leasing in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin,” U.S. Senate Republican Whip John Barrasso said. “This short-sighted assault on coal ignored the people of Wyoming and threatened to kill jobs and cost Wyoming communities millions of dollars.”

Wyoming’s congressional delegation Wednesday announced legislation to throw out the Buffalo RMP Amendment, which had prohibited nearly 5

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