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Correction: Biden-Public Lands story

May 14, 2023, 9:20 PM | Updated: May 16, 2023, 1:08 pm

FILE - Cattle graze along a section of the Missouri River that includes the Upper Missouri River Br...

FILE - Cattle graze along a section of the Missouri River that includes the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument near Fort Benton, Mont., on Sept. 19, 2011. A Biden administration proposal would allow the sales of conservation leases on federal lands to restore degraded habitat. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)
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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — In a story published May 15, 2023, about a federal lands proposal, The Associated Press erroneously reported the dates of upcoming meetings about the proposal. They are May 30 in Albuquerque, New Mexico and June 1 in Reno, Nevada.

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Correction: Biden-Public Lands story