WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland has signed Public Land Order 7956, finalizing protections for the Pactola Reservoir-Rapid Creek Watershed on the Black Hills National Forest from the potential effects of mineral exploration and development. This order follows a request from the U.S. Forest Service to close 20,510 acres of National Forest System land to sale or exchange and mineral entry and leasin  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland has signed Public Land Order 7956, finalizing protections for the Pactola Reservoir-Rapid Creek Watershed on the Black Hills National Forest from the potential effects of mineral exploration and development. Today, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland has signed Public Land Order 7956, finalizing protections for the Pactola Reservoir-Rapid Creek Watershed on the B  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland has signed Public Land Order 7956(link is external), finalizing protections for the Pactola Reservoir-Rapid Creek Watershed on the Black Hills National Forest from the potential effects of mineral exploration and development. This order follows a request from the U.S. Forest Service to close 20,510 acres of National Forest System land to s  more