This without approval of Congress designed to intentionally by-pass Congress and we the people, enabling he alone to create de-facto "Wilderness" with the stroke of a pen.
"Secretarial Order 3310 directs the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), based on the input of the public and local communities through its existing land management planning process, to designate appropriate areas with wilderness characteristics under its jurisdiction as "Wild Lands" and to manage them to protect their wilderness values."
Official BLM News Release . . . Salazar, Abbey Restore Protections for America's Wild Lands
More here . . . Wilderness rules restored for public lands
"Secretarial Order 3310 directs the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), based on the input of the public and local communities through its existing land management planning process, to designate appropriate areas with wilderness characteristics under its jurisdiction as "Wild Lands" and to manage them to protect their wilderness values."
Official BLM News Release . . . Salazar, Abbey Restore Protections for America's Wild Lands
More here . . . Wilderness rules restored for public lands
