Yet it's still active. As a pure anecdote, I know of someone doing it right now.

Is this an opportunity that opened up with this administration? Or has the BLM been quietly processing these for the last century?

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		AFAIK it's been available since the 1870s but after the 20s they clamped down a lot harder on ensuring you were actually irrigating it and had agricultural plans. I'm not sure if the BLM has relaxed their discretion under Trump.