Interior Secretary of the Deb Haaland, chats with George Franzen, Eastern Sandoval Citizens Association President, and Mary-Rose de Valladares at El Zócalo Plaza in Bernalillo, N.M., Thursday, April 18, 2024. Haaland signed Public Land Order 7940, which protects more than 4,200 acres of Bureau of Land Management-managed public lands and prevents new mining claims, mineral sales, and oil and gas leases for the next 50 years. (Chancey Bush/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland shakes hands with Gov. Myron Armijo of Santa Ana Pueblo after signing Public Land Order 7940, which protects more than 4,200 acres of Bureau of Land Management-managed public lands that is sacred to Tribes in the Placitas area, during a community event at El Zócalo Plaza in Bernalillo, N.M., Thursday, April 18, 2024. For the next 50 years, the lands will be closed to new mining claims, mineral sales, and oil and gas leases.(Chancey Bush/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland hugs Gov. Myron Armijo of Santa Ana Pueblo before signing Public Land Order 7940, which protects more than 4,200 acres of Bureau of Land Management-managed public lands that is sacred to Tribes in the Placitas area, during a community event at El Zócalo Plaza in Bernalillo, N.M., Thursday, April 18, 2024. For the next 50 years, the lands will be closed to new mining claims, mineral sales, and oil and gas leases. (Chancey Bush/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland smiles after signing Public Land Order 7940, which protects more than 4,200 acres of Bureau of Land Management-managed public lands that is sacred to Tribes in the Placitas area, during a community event at El Zócalo Plaza in Bernalillo, N.M., Thursday, April 18, 2024. For the next 50 years, the lands will be closed to new mining claims, mineral sales, and oil and gas leases. (Chancey Bush/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)