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Scott Streater, E&E News reporter
The Bureau of Land Management has deferred nine parcels it was considering offering in an upcoming March oil and natural gas lease sale that are within 10 miles of the Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico.
Government officials and landowners are hatching plans for protecting wildlife migration corridors in the Upper Rio Grande. "We have protections for air; we have protections for land," New Mexico Public Lands Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard said. "But when we talk about public lands, how often do people also think wildlife?" Lawmakers are trying to change that.
By Nick Sobczyk in Greenwire
An ongoing fight over tax breaks for conserving privately owned land — and accusations that some people are using them as a tax shelter — is spurring an expensive lobbying battle.
By Timothy Cama in Greenwire
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Government officials and landowners are hatching plans for protecting wildlife migration corridors in the Upper Rio Grande. "We have protections for air; we have protections for land," New Mexico Public Lands Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard said. "But when we talk about public lands, how often do people also think wildlife?" Lawmakers are trying to change that.
By Nick Sobczyk in Greenwire
An ongoing fight over tax breaks for conserving privately owned land — and accusations that some people are using them as a tax shelter — is spurring an expensive lobbying battle.
By Timothy Cama in Greenwire