Anfield first submitted its proposed operating plan in April 2024. The BLM initially found that both the plan and a follow-up application were deficient, and the mine’s progress was halted. But under ...

Scientists describe how they’re prepare for the upcoming field season despite the challenges. High Country News ’ weekly ...

High school graduates are the first to walk with the protected right to wear cultural attire after the state of New Mexico passed legislation this spring.

Documents show Interior rejected a union contract for employees at BLM headquarters days before the inauguration.

Migration pathways for animals will be further fragmented by the new additions to the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

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Bella Davis is an Indigenous affairs reporter at New Mexico In Depth, a local nonprofit newsroom. She is a Yurok tribal member born in northern California and raised in central New Mexico. High school ...

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