New Mexico officials, tribal leaders, and advocates are fighting back against the Trump Administration's attempts to reverse mining and drilling bans on public lands - including Chaco Culture National Historical Park and the Upper Pecos headwaters.

“'It’s an attack on our heritage, it’s an attack on the relationship that New Mexicans have with this land,' U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM), who represents New Mexico’s 3rd Congressional District, said about the recent federal actions." Read the full article here.

This fight to protect our Public Lands is an ongoing and collaborative effort, and this action taken by the current administration illustrates exactly why the Caja del Rio needs protecting now more than ever.