N.M. DELEGATION URGES TRUMP ADMIN TO EXTEND COMMENT PERIOD FOR CHACO CANYON PROTECTION, CALLS FOR GENUINE TRIBAL CONSULTATION, INVITES BURGUM TO VISIT CHACO CANYON BEFORE TAKING FURTHER ACTION

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich issued the following news release:

This week, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.), member of the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee, Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), member of the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee, and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) sent a letter to U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Doug Burgum expressing deep concern and opposition to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) only allowing 14 days for public comment in response to the Trump administration's proposal to fully revoke a 20-year mineral withdraw...