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U.S. government officials on Thursday finalized an overhaul of how they plan for oil and gas drilling, mining, grazing and other activities across public lands in the West. The move by the BLM aims to address longstanding criticism of an often-cumbersome process that dictates development across almost 250 million acres of federal lands.

"I just think it's crazy how many different signs for different things there are," says 17-year-old Austin Wahn.  The Reno High School student was out Thursday cleaning up campaign signs...