WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich issued the following news release:
Earlier this month, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.), a member of the House Committee on Natural Resources, sent a letter (https://www.energy.senate.gov/services/files/A3E25F95-6B26-43C4-BD3A-C575785C97FF) to Carson National Forest Supervisor James Duran opposing a proposal to conduct uranium drilling within the Carson National Forest. Additionally, the lawmakers urged the Forest Service to require a full environmen...