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Lawmakers Push to Stop Gravel Mining on Sacred Pueblo Land. Again.

With environmental awareness heightened by climate change, hopefully, the second time will be the charm for 4,200 acres of land sacred to New Mexico’s pueblos.  The Buffalo Tract Protection Act (SB 180) seeks to withdraw 4,200 acres of Bureau of Land Management land near Placitas, New Mexico from all forms of mineral development, particularly gravel […]