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50-year Mineral Withdrawal Will Protect Sacred Sites, Wildlife Corridors and Boost Recreation
Placitas, N.M. – Today, the Biden Administration announced new protections for critical public and ancestral tribal lands in New Mexico. An order issued by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland protects more than 4,200 acres of New Mexico landscapes known as the Buffalo Tract and the Crest of Montezuma from gravel mining and other extraction for the next 50 years.