
Secretary Haaland Initiates Two-Year Protection of Pecos River Watershed from Mining Claims BLM, USFS initiate process to engage public on proposed 20-year mineral withdrawal for important New Mexico watershed while segregation is in place SANTA FE, N.M. — Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland today initiated a two-year segregation period to temporarily withdraw approximately 165,000 acres of public lands in the Upper Pecos watershed in Santa…