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Hi everyone, On this beautiful fall day here in the Rio Chama Watershed I am writing to remind you that if you’d like to submit a comment to the BLM regarding their Resource Management Plan Amendment for our public lands, the due date is...

RACC Win!

BLM Defers Fracking in Greater Chaco! The Bureau of Land Management recently announced its decision to defer the spring oil and gas lease sale of 4,435.37 acres in the Greater Chaco. Twelve of the parcels are within the Rio Chama Watershed boundary and are considered...

RACC supports Santa Fe National Forest lawsuit against BLM

RACC is supporting this Western Environmental Law (WELC) suit filed November 18, 2016 against the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and its parent agency, the U.S. Department of Interior as well as the U.S. Forest Service (NFS) under the Department of Agriculture, for...

Methane rule a triple win!

From the Western Environmental Law Center ​ Today, after a decade of advocacy led by WELC, the Bureau of Land Management released new rules that will reduce methane pollution from the oil and gas industry, the nation’s largest methane emitter, on our public...

The fight for public lands in New Mexico heats up

Published in the Santa Fe New Mexican, July 29, 2016 The 100 degree-plus New Mexico summer hasn’t slowed the Bureau of Land Management’s seemingly relentless drive to offer up public lands to the fossil fuel industry. In a sneaky and secretive move, the...