An incendiary provision that would have required the sale of more than 500,000 acres of BLM land in Nevada and Utah was removed from the federal budget bill late Wednesday, however the legislation working its way through Congress will still reshape how Americans engage with their public land.⁠ ⁠ The mega reconciliation bill, which cleared the House of Representatives last night by a single vote, includes cuts to land-management agency budgets, acceleration of logging and mining on public land, and the requirement that nearly every acre of eligible federal land be opened to oil and gas leasing. Also remaining in the bill is a green light for mining activity near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, the most-visited wilderness area in the United States.⁠ ⁠ Tap the link in profile for the full story 🔗⁠ ⁠ #publicland #publiclands #publiclandsale #utah #nevada #conservation #wildlife #habitat #outdoors #outdoorlife #bigbeautifulbill⁠ 📷: Lisa Hupp / USFWS⁠ Story by: aemckean