A two-year process to protect the Upper Pecos Watershed from mining started by former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland in ...

The U.S. Forest Service has reversed a December recommendation to ban mineral mining in 165,000 acres in the Upper Pecos — a ...

The Trump administration has walked back a proposed withdrawal of the Upper Pecos watershed from mining development. An April 4 news release published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture said the ...

The move, focused on Nevada and New Mexico, is aimed at removing “burdensome” restrictions on energy and mineral development, ...

Members of New Mexico's federal delegation on April 8, 2025 announced the reintroduction of a bill to protect the Pecos watershed from mining (photo courtesy Ralph Vigil) Four Democratic members ...

The Trump administration has walked back a proposed withdrawal of the Upper Pecos watershed from mining development. An April 4 news release published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture said ...

The state's Senate and House Democrats floated a bill to protect thousands of acres from mining after the administration ...