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WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Luján and Michelle Lujan Grisham urged Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to protect New Mexico’s national monuments designated under the Antiquities Act. The New Mexico lawmakers wrote to Zinke to express their strong support for the...

Earlier this month, I hosted a Town Hall at the Las Cruces Convention Center with Senator Tom Udall. It was encouraging to see hundreds of people engage in our democracy and ask important questions about the direction of our state and nation. I am also grateful for the calls and letters I receive from New Mexicans every day in my offices about a...

The Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument is a national model for community-driven conservation and the culmination of decades of advocacy from a broad coalition of local elected officials, tribal and Hispanic leaders, local businesses, sportsmen, veterans, faith leaders, and community members across southern New Mexico who recognized the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In recognition of National Kids to Parks Day on May 20, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) launched an online resource guide to provide New Mexico families with ideas and activities to explore the great outdoors. The seventh annual Kids to Parks Day kicks off a summer-long series of events at local, state, and national...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, sent a letter to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke calling on him to extend the public comment period and hold a public meeting as part of his review of the Bears Ears National Monument. Last month, President Donald...

WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich joined a group of 31 Democratic senators, led by Senator Tom Udall, in condemning President Trump’s executive order which threatens national monuments by directing the Department of Interior to review, and possibly modify or rescind, prior monument designations. The senators...

WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined a group of Western Democratic senators, led by U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-N.M.) in calling on President Donald Trump to live up to his repeated promises on the campaign trail to protect public lands for all Americans and uphold the existing protections for the 157...

In New Mexico, our livelihoods are rooted in our open spaces. Families have long histories of using our public lands for hiking, hunting, fishing and other outdoor traditions, both new and old. New Mexicans also share an unwavering commitment to protecting our natural heritage for our children and for all future generations, and know firsthand that...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, following the release of the Trump administration’s preliminary 2018 budget proposal, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) outlined the severe impact it would have on New Mexico. “President Trump’s proposed budget would be devastating for New Mexico,” said Senator Heinrich. “Investments...

In New Mexico, our livelihoods are rooted in our open spaces. Families have long histories of using our public lands for hiking, hunting, fishing and other outdoor traditions, both new and old. New Mexicans also share an unwavering commitment to protecting our natural heritage for our children and for all future generations, and know firsthand that...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, voted in support of Secretary of the Interior nominee U.S. Congressman Ryan Zinke (R-Mont.). “While we are clearly not going to agree on every issue, I believe it's very important to have a Westerner in this...

Heinrich speaks to a packed house at Taos Mesa Brewing. Photo: KATHARINE EGLI With the Taos Mesa Brewing Mothership packed as it was the morning of Feb. 21, you might think a big-name band was rolling through town. Instead, folks were gathered to hear U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-NM, speak about the importance of public lands and the fight to...

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich reintroduced legislation to protect wilderness within the Río Grande del Norte National Monument northwest of Taos, New Mexico and the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument in Doña Ana County, New Mexico. "The Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks and the Río Grande...

SANTA FE, N.M. – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) addressed a joint session of the New Mexico Legislature. Heinrich began his remarks by denouncing President Trump's executive order banning refugees and immigrants from entering the U.S. from several majority Muslim nations. “We are not a country that discriminates based...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) issued the following statement on President-elect Donald Trump nominating U.S. Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-5) to be the Department of the Interior Secretary. Senator Heinrich is a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee that will vet the nominee. "I look...

As an avid hunter, there is no place I’d rather live than Doña Ana County, because hunting opportunities in southern New Mexico are second to none and the scenic beauty is breathtaking. I’ve trekked through the Potrillo and Sierra de Las Uvas ranges and have never once taken these majestic mountains and canyons for granted. When...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich introduced legislation to preserve wilderness within the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument (OMDP). The Organ Mountains–Desert Peaks Conservation Act provides permanent protection for some of Southern New Mexico's most scenic landscapes and will safeguard...

Dear Friend, Over the weekend I was honored to join local sportsmen and community leaders in welcoming hunters and anglers from across the nation to Las Cruces to learn about and visit Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument. I was also proud to receive the Doña Ana County Associated Sportsmen's Conservationist of the Year award....

(Photo: Jett Loe / Sun-News) LAS CRUCES — The conversation was rich at a breakfast early Saturday morning in a small conference room at Hotel Encanto. Sen. Martin Heinrich, wearing a camouflage vest and blue jeans, addressed a dozen sportsmen — hardcore hunters and anglers from as far away as Oregon to learn about Organ...

The local coalition recently is hosting a series of anniversary events this week in Las Cruces; and if you didn't already get the chance, we hope everyone soon will take the opportunity to enjoy and celebrate this very special national monument right here in our own backyard. On May 21, 2014, we watched proudly as a proclamation establishing the...