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Jeb Bush wants to limit fed control in West, move Interior

RBC I Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush recently waded deeper into issues of public land than any other candidate has yet, promising to ease Washington’s grip over the region. During a visit to Nevada, he proposed to transplant the Interior Department from Washington, D.C., to one of the big cities of the West.

Bush’s “Western Land and Resource Management” agenda includes initiatives tantalizing to industry and conservationists. He pledged to undo the Obama administration’s Clean…