press releases
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Dec. 12, 2019) – Today, the Buffalo Tract Protection Act, introduced by U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), was passed by a voice vote in a key legislative business meeting in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Senator Heinrich’s legislation, co-sponsored by U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-N.M.), would...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Dec. 10, 2019) – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) announced that his provision to designate White Sands National Monument as New Mexico’s newest national park was included in the Conference Report for the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020. The House is expected to vote on the bill this week...
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White Sands National Monument could become New Mexico's next national park, as the National Defense Authorization Act proceeded through Congress with a conference report, following passage in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate. The bill included language to re-designate the national monument as White Sands National Park, and...
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For more than a century, visitors have enjoyed the trails, wildlife, waterways, cultural artifacts and history of Bandelier National Monument, a 33,000-acre park in the Jemez Mountains, about 12 miles south of Los Alamos, that gained fame for its ancient cliff dwellings. In an effort to increase protections for the area’s resources —...
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SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – Senator Martin Heinrich is pushing ahead with a bill to establish Bandelier Monument as a national park. The bill would help build a stronger relationship between the National Park Service and pueblos by permanently safeguarding tribes’ religious rights and practices in Bandelier. It will also establish a tribal...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Nov. 21, 2019) – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) a member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, introduced legislation to establish Bandelier National Park and Preserve. Senator Heinrich's legislation seeks to protect in statute a strong relationship between the National Park Service and...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, November 21, 2019, at 10:15 a.m. MT/ 12:15 p.m. ET, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, will hold a press teleconference to announce the introduction of legislation to establish Bandelier National Park and Preserve. The legislation seeks to build a...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Nov. 19, 2019) – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) is calling for the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee to move forward with permanent and full funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) that will help preserve and protect public lands in New Mexico, and also ensure outdoor recreation in urban...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Thursday, November 21, 2019, at 10:15 a.m. MT/ 12:15 p.m. ET, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, will hold a press teleconference to announce the introduction of legislation to establish Bandelier National Park and Preserve. The legislation seeks to build...
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The Trump administration last week officially notified the United Nations of the U.S.’ intention to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement through a letter from the Department of State. The move fulfills a promise President Donald Trump made during his 2016 campaign. It isn’t sitting well with members of New Mexico’s...
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New Mexico U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján and his House of Representatives compatriots have done their part to create a reasonable and appropriate buffer around Chaco Culture National Historical Park. The Chaco Culture Heritage Protection Act – which proposes a 10-mile oil and gas development buffer around the spectacular ruins once inhabited...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Nov. 8, 2019) – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, welcomed an announcement that The Trust for Public Land has received a grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s Acres for America Program to fund the protection of the 8,914-acre...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Nov. 5, 2019) – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Special Committee on the Climate Crisis, issued the following statement in response to the Trump administration’s official notification that the United States will withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement. “This decision is a dramatic step...
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KSFR News Director Tom Trowbridge brings you the latest input from Senator Martin Heinrich. The U.S. House of Representatives voted Wednesday to permanently prohibit oil and gas drilling on federal land within a 10-mile radius of Chaco Culture National Historical Park in northwestern New Mexico. The bill, with main sponsor...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Oct. 31, 2019) — Today, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee heard testimony on the bipartisan Simplifying Outdoor Access for Recreation (SOAR) Act, legislation U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) introduced to improve the permitting process for outfitters, educational...
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WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Xochitl Torres Small (D-N.M.),Deb Haaland (D-N.M.), and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), introduced the Western Water Security Act of 2019, legislation to improve water management in the West through investments in water infrastructure, a...
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (Oct. 9, 2019) - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) today announced the Youth Climate Change Challenge. He is inviting New Mexico students from grades K-12 to submit drawings, paintings, poetry, and short essays about what the climate crisis means for them. Senator Heinrich will visit the classrooms of the first-place...
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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich, and U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Luján, Deb Haaland, and Xochitl Torres Small, wrote to the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) Chief Vicki Christiansen pressing the agency to take immediate action to comply with the law and allow the resumption of traditional forest activities on...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Sept. 20, 2019) - As young people around the world march for action on climate change today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Democrats’ Special Committee on the Climate Crisis, issued the following statement announcing his support for the Green New Deal resolution: VIDEO: Senator Heinrich...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Sept. 17, 2019) - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) spoke at a press conference in front of the U.S. Capitol today with some of America’s leading youth climate activists, indigenous youth from the Amazon, and founder of the school strike for climate Greta Thunberg. The young people have gathered from all over the world...
