Ranching, grazing, mining and home building among uses
By Steve Sebelius, April 7, 2026
LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said Tuesday that, other than lands set aside for conservation or national parks, publicly owned property should be eligible for multiple uses.
"The rest is for multi-use," he said in an interview overlooking the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. "It was meant for mining and grazing and timber and housing. It was meant for those things. It's America's balance sheet and we've got to get the appropriate return on it. So my job is to work for the American people and literally, the law says that these lands are for the benefit of the use of the American people."
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