Environment
Our public lands provide us with many benefits, from domestic energy, recreational activities, hunting, and even the chance to get away from our busy lives. I support the protection of our valuable natural resources, including wildlife and plant life, and will continue to do all that I can to ensure these resources remain for future generations.
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Highlights
(Links to complete listing below.)
Full Listing of Environment Statements
This Congress Statements | Last Congress Statements
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Highlights of Sponsored Legislation
(Links to complete listing below.)
Full Listing of Environment Legislation
This Congress: Legislation Sponsored | Legislation Cosponsored
Last Congress: Legislation Sponsored | Legislation Cosponsored
(These links will take you to Thomas, hosted by the Library of Congress.)

Highlights
Only a small number of votes are highlighted here. See this listing of votes on the U.S. Senate website for for a full record.
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WHAT YOU’RE ASKING
RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Introduced legislation that creates a new wilderness area on federal Bureau of Land Management Land in Sandoval County. The Ojito Wilderness Act recognizes that the area’s dramatic landforms and rock structures, multicolored badlands, and rare plants are worthy of permanent protection.
- Introduced legislation that would make the Valle Vidal a national preserve, protecting the area from drilling of coalbed methane while allowing for continued public access
- Led the effort to bring the privately-owned Baca Ranch/Valles Caldera into public ownership for all of America to enjoy
- Introduced the “Community Forest Restoration Act,” which became law. This measure provides $5 million annually in grant funding to New Mexico organizations to work with the U.S. Forest Service to implement responsible forest thinning initiatives
- Secured funding that will go to restoration and maintenance of riparian areas along the Rio Grande and Pecos River where the state is working to treat and kill the noxious salt cedar
- Supports of the Vanishing Treasures Initiative, which has helped the National Park Service maintain and restore numerous examples of prehistoric Pueblo architecture at eight parks and national monuments throughout New Mexico
- Co-authored the “Conservation and Reinvestment Act,” used as the basis for a related measure signed into law in October 2000, which set aside about $1.6 billion in off-shore oil royalties to fund recreation and conservation efforts in New Mexico and across the country
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ENVIRONMENT LINKS
New Mexico Department of Game and Fish - news and information, and an online version of the "New Mexico Wildlife Magazine."
New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources - geological news and information from this division of NM Tech in Socorro.
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