LUJAN, HEINRICH, LEGER FERNANDEZ CALL ON FOREST SERVICE OPPOSING CARSON NATIONAL FOREST URANIUM DRILLING PROPOSAL AND DEMANDING FULL ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW TO PROTECT CHAMA WATERSHED

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan issued the following press release:

Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, and U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.), a member of the House Committee on Natural Resources, wrote to Carson National Forest Supervisor James Duran expressing strong opposition to a proposal to conduct uranium drilling within the Carson National Forest. The lawmakers also urged the Forest Service to require a full Environmental Impact Statement and requested that the Forest Service suspend its review pending congres...