WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- The America Outdoors Association, Knoxville, Tennessee, has submitted a public comment letter to the Bureau of Land Management expressing its concerns over the proposal to rescind the 2024 Conservation and Landscape Health Rule. The association, which represents over 1,000 outfitters, guides, and outdoor recreation service providers across the country, emphasizes the critical need for reliable federal permitting processes that are vital for small businesses reliant on publi more ST

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Russell Burt and Joshua Wright, third year law students at Cumberland School of Law in Birmingham, Alabama, have submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management regarding its proposed rescission of the 2024 Conservation and Landscape Health Rule. The letter was submitted as a part of a classroom research assignment for an Administrative Law Course, and it critiques the existing regulatory framework and advocates for shift more ST

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Rica Fulton, advocacy and stewardship director at the Dolores River Boating Advocates, Colorado, has issued a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) urging the agency to retain the 2024 Public Lands Rule. This organization represents a variety of stakeholders across the West who emphasize the importance of balanced land management. In its commentary, DRBA highlighted that the Public Lands Rule supports the healt more ST

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Nojin Kwak, Vice Provost, Office of International Education at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security expressing objections to the proposed rule that would end the Duration of Status for international students. The change would impose a four-year limit on admission for F-1 and J-1 students, a move that the university claims would have dire consequences for its academic prog more ST

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 -- Women Construction Owners and Executives Illinois Chapter/Chicago Caucus has issued a public comment letter addressing concerns over interim modifications proposed by the U.S. Department of Transportation to the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program and related implementation measures. The organization argues that these changes threaten to erode crucial protections for women and minority contractors in the construction industry. WCOE asserts that discrimination continu more ST