The Santa Fe New Mexican4d
Court bars Terrero landowners from blocking access to the Pecos River
The Pecos has been caught between landowners who say they want to protect their properties and would-be recreationists.
The Durango Herald4d
Judge permanently orders landowners to keep Pecos clear in state stream access lawsuit
A state district judge issued an order Thursday permanently barring landowners on the Pecos from building fences or posting ...
The Santa Fe New Mexican6d
Land commissioner hopes mining ban on state lands in Upper Pecos spurs federal action
The action removes 2,500 acres from mining development but leaves much of the largely federally owned watershed unprotected.
Albuquerque Journal6d
State land commissioner bans mining in Upper Pecos Watershed
New Mexico’s commissioner of public lands banned mining on state land in the Upper Pecos Watershed, a move meant to pressure ...
Advocates for protecting the Pecos watershed from mining worried after public meeting is postponed
Advocates are worried about a federal proposal to protect the Upper Pecos Watershed from mining for the next 20 years after the Bureau of Land Management postponed a public meeting meant to collect ...
Yahoo26d
House measure would support mining, mineral leasing halt in Upper Pecos watershed
Lawmakers on Thursday moved one step closer to calling for long-term protections for the Upper Pecos River watershed, which encompasses a sizable chunk of the Santa Fe National Forest’s Pecos ...
Center for Biological Diversity3mon
Pecos Pupfish Proposed for Endangered Species Act Protection
The small freshwater fish lives in the Pecos River Basin of New Mexico and Texas. Conservationists petitioned in 2007 for protection for the Pecos pupfish. But it took a 2020 lawsuit for the Service ...