In the span of a few hours, Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., ushered to the Senate floor a bill calling for the permanent protection of the Valle Vidal, a 102,000-acre expanse of high-elevation meadows and ...

A royalty deal between the Bureau of Land Management and El Paso Exploration and Production Co. allows 25 more natural gas wells on the privately owned Vermejo Park Ranch, adjacent to a pristine ...

CARSON NATIONAL FOREST, N.M. — Overriding the opposition of the U.S. Forest Service and New Mexico state officials, a White House energy task force has interceded on behalf of Houston-based El Paso ...

Even as new drill rigs tickle the boundaries of the Valle Vidal, the coalition opposing energy exploration in New Mexico’s Yellowstone gains strength. In January, the Bureau of Land Management gave ...

A Texas energy company may get rights to drill in a pristine swathe of a New Mexico national forest after a White House task force intervened on its behalf, a move that has become a hot issue in the ...

The Valle Vidal is a section of the Carson National Forest nestled in a remote location between the village of Costilla and the city of Raton, right against the Colorado border. There are special ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Starting April 20, a portion of Valle Vidal, in the Carson National Forest, is temporarily closing for restoration work. The project aims to restore the Rio Grande Cutthroat and ...