WASHINGTON, June 2 -- 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, questioned Tom Schultz, Chief of the Forest Service, regarding the proposal to conduct uranium mining within the Carson National Forest by the Canadian-based uranium company, Gamma Resources Ltd. During the exchange, Senator Lujan pressed Chief Tom Schultz on Gamma Resources Ltd. and emphasized his commitment to protect communities in Northern New Mexico and the Chama Watershed from uranium mining and mineral development in the region.
Senator Lujan pressed Chief Tom Schultz on mining applications made by Gamma Resources, to which Chief Tom S...