Laura Lundquist (Missoula Current) Even though a vast majority of the American public supports the federal Public Lands Rule, the Trump administration wants to rescind it.Monday was the last day to submit public comment on Interior Secretary Doug Burgum’s proposal to rescind the Public Lands Rule, which allows the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to lease public land for conservation and restoration efforts.

On Sept. 10, Burgum announced his intention to rescind the rule, which started a 60-day public comment period. Burgum said in a statement that the rule could have blocked logging, grazing and energy and mineral extraction across hundreds of thousands of acres. Overturning the rule “protects our American way of life and gives our communities a voice in the land that they depend on,

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