Federal land managers sought to uphold public land leases sold to oil and gas companies for drilling in the Carlsbad area amid a lawsuit filed by a local environmental group who wants the sale ...

Thousands of acres of public land in southeast New Mexico were dropped from an oil and gas lease auction scheduled in June after the lands were found to be in sensitive geological areas near two ...

Reforms to the federal government’s policies for oil and gas operations on public land could have a unique impact on an icon of southeast New Mexico in Carlsbad Caverns National Park. The park, a ...

Sarah Rubinstein Carlsbad Current-Argus Up to 14 million acres of public land in New Mexico will be eligible for sale to private buyers according to… ...

Apr. 27—Anyone passing through a Bureau of Land Management expanse in New Mexico is as likely to encounter cows and oil rigs as a well-maintained, scenic landscape. Since the BLM was founded shortly ...