This final rule will clarify and support the principles of multiple use and sustained yield in the management of the public lands. This rule would incorporate climate resiliency and restoration through conservation and preservation in the management of the public lands. 

Under authority provided in the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA), including section 102(a)(8) (43 U.S.C. 1701(a)(8)), and other relevant authorities, this rule will incorporate climate resiliency and restoration through conservation, defined as protection and restoration, in the management of the public lands pursuant to the FLPMA. As part of identifying uses and tools to carry out restoration and mitigation activities, the rule will apply land health standards to all renewable resources and identify conservation leases as a tool that BLM will further define, including based on public and stakeholder comments through the NPRM.

This rule rests within 43 CFR 6000, which includes Conservation and Preservation, and would provide an overarching framework governing multiple resource areas to ensure land health and sustained yield. This rule will affirm existing policy direction for restoration and conservation actions in building and maintaining sustainable land management practices to ensure healthy and productive ecosystems for current and future generations.