Summary
Demonstrators gathered outside U.S. Bureau of Land Management offices in Santa Fe on Wednesday while the agency auctioned off the leasing rights of nearly 48,000 acres of federal lands in New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas for oil and gas drilling.
The demonstration included people on both sides of the issue of using public lands - including Otero Mesa - for energy drilling.See the full content of this document
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Land-Lease Auction Draws Protest, Support
"We wanted to underscore that the majority of New Mexicans want Otero Mesa protected from drilling," said Nicole J. Rosmarino, endangered-...
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