3). The latest fight from New Mexico’s congressional delegation aims to protect the Pecos as they reintroduce the Pecos Watershed Protection Act. The federal legislation looks to stop mining ...

Members of New Mexico's federal delegation on April 8, 2025 announced the reintroduction of a bill to protect the Pecos watershed from mining (photo courtesy Ralph Vigil) Four Democratic members ...

and in the Upper Pecos watershed in north-central New Mexico, where the Biden administration had barred mineral mining. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, which oversees the Forest Service ...