Withdraw four BLM parcels from mineral development

Stansbury and Senator Martin Heinrich reintroduced the Buffalo Tract Protection Act to permanently withdraw minerals from development on four Bureau of Land Management parcels in southern Sandoval County, including the Buffalo Tract and the Crest of Montezuma. The measure is a joint effort with Heinrich; Senators Ben Ray Luján and Representative Teresa Leger Fernández are identified as original cosponsors.

Context: The withdrawal would apply to the four named BLM parcels, not all federal lands. The source does not specify the legislation’s status beyond saying it was reintroduced.

In their own words

to permanently withdraw minerals from development on four parcels

The source

Melanie A. Stansbury: Energy, Climate & Environment

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Retrieved: 11/10/2026