Haaland’s Buffalo Tract Bill in Subcommittee Hearing

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Tomorrow, September 19, Congresswoman Deb Haaland’s (NM-01) Buffalo Tract Protection Act will be heard in the House Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee. The Buffalo Tract Protection Act seeks to address the local Sandoval County community’s concerns about the negative impacts of a proposed gravel mine in the Placitas area by withdrawing four parcels of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands, including the Buffalo Tract and the Crest of Montezuma, from any mineral development, including gravel mining.

U.S Senator Martin Heinrich is the lead in on the U.S. Senate version of the bill.