( November 7, 2025, 2:06 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — New Mexico’s federal representatives in Congress on Nov. 6 sent a letter to Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum “to express extreme disappointment” about the actions taken by the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM), which formally initiated the process of revoking a public land order (PLO) that protects a 10-mile buffer around the Chaco Culture National Historical Park (CCNHP). The legislators say Burgum has a “legal and moral responsibility” to Native American tribes to engage in “robust Tribal consultation and community outreach” before taking any action on the existing mineral withdrawal around CCNHP....