Biden-Harris Administration finalizes protections for the Pactola Reservoir--Rapid Creek Watershed
December 26, 2024
December 26, 2024
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 Syst . . .
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 Syst . . .