Over 200 clean air and water advocates rallied in front of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) state office in Santa Fe today to protest the December 5th and 6th online auction of over 89,000 acres of public and ancestral tribal lands, including over 44,000 acres in the Greater Chaco region, and over 40,000 near Carlsbad Caverns National Park. Tribal leaders, environmental groups, and advocates expressed growing outrage at BLM’s chronic disengagement with the public, its lack of meaningful tribal consultation, and its failure to consider the public health and environmental impacts of selling off federal and tribal lands for fracking ...
Opponents will rally at the BLM headquarters in Santa Fe on December 5, one day ahead of Thursday's planned online sale that includes 46,000 acres in the culturally significant Greater Chaco region ...
In cooperation with the Cibola National Forest Collaborative Groups, Forest Service staff will host several open houses in September 2018 on each of the mountain districts ...
An ANTIQUITIES Act has been introduced in Congress by our two senators - Udall and Heinrich. It comes in response to President Trump’s announcement that he will eliminate 2 million acres of protections for Utah’s Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments — the largest rollback of federally protected lands in American history ...
Lease sale targets the same region as a March sale deferred due to need for more cultural review and consultation ...
For the past eight years, a coalition of individuals and organizations has been resisting the attempt of New Mexico Copper Corporation to reopen a defunct, marginal, open-pit copper mine near Hillsboro. Water is the biggest issue – the Copper Flat Mine wants to use as much water as would support a city of 50,000 people. The New Mexico Environment Department has scheduled hearings the week of Sept. 24-28 in Truth or Consequences ...
Opponents of a U.S. Air Force plan to expand its flyover zone over the Gila National Forest will likely wait months longer for a draft environmental statement ...
