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New Mexico Political Report
Posted inEnvironment & Conservation, Quick Reads

Advocacy group says BLM has favored oil and gas over an endangered bird species

Nearly every time that oil and gas operators have applied for exemptions measures aimed at protecting the endangered lesser prairie chicken, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s Carlsbad Field Office has granted those requests, according to information gathered by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. The lesser prairie chicken faces a variety of threats, including habitat […]