BLM yesterday issued an instruction memorandum aimed at streamlining oil and gas development by eliminating the use of Master Leasing Plans – a tool used by the Obama Administration to protect sensitive landscapes from oil and gas drilling.

DOI issued Secretarial Order 3360, which rescinds the DOI’s climate and mitigation policies and directs BLM to review the Draft Regional Mitigation Strategy for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska and begin revisions to ensure it is consistent with the administration’s energy dominance goals.

DOI and NPS rescinded NPS Director’s Order #100, which established policies to manage NPS resources on the basis of science and in the context of “continuous change”.