WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich issued the following news release:
During a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee hearing to discuss pending legislation, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the full Committee, questioned Associate Chief of the U.S. Forest Service Christopher French on how cuts by the Trump Administration are harming the agency's ability to properly manage public lands and risking public safety by threatening wildfire preparedness.
Additionally, Heinrich grilled Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Nevada State Director Jon Raby on the agency's opposition to permanent protections against a gravel mine on the Buffalo Tract in Placitas, New Mexico,...