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Haaland signs order protecting sacred lands near Placitas

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland signed an order on Thursday to withdraw more than 4,200 acres of land in Sandoval County near Placitas from mineral development. Haaland spoke in Bernalillo prior to signing the order, which places a 50-year moratorium on mineral leasing for the land that she had previously attempted to protect through legislation while […]