Contested logging clash roils La Manga in New Mexico
Forest Guardians and local groups push for end to all logging on national forests. They argue logging harms watersheds and wildlife, while supporters say logging supports jobs in Rio Arriba and Taos counties amid unemployment around 18 percent. The dispute centers on La Manga and deals shaping who gets timber sales and mill leases.
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Rio Arriba
Vallecitos
Taos County
Forest Service
la Manga
Duke City Lumber Company
la Compania
Duke City
Forest Guardians
The
Sierra Club
Mike Pena
Ojo Caliente
Locals Seek Grounded Solutions in New Mexico Forest Issues
In northern New Mexico, groups urge practical land stewardship over bans on logging or grazing. Courtney White of the Rio Grande Sierra Club opposes zero cut policy while collaborating with the Quivira Coalition on ranching and riparian recovery with Jim Winder. Forest Trust, led by Henry Carey, partners with communities to restore forests without locking them up, while Forest Guardians and La Manga activists push for on-ground collaboration and shared stewardship with local land grants and the Carson National Forest, emphasizing community ties and sustainable practice.
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New Mexico
Reichelt
Sam Hitt
Forest Guardians
Congress
Rio Arriba Commission
Alfredo Montoya
Petia
Carson
la Manga
New Mexico Game and Fish
Forest Service
Carson National Forest
Vallecitos Canyon
Jicarilla
Sandy Williams
Department of Game and Fish
Sarah Rinkevich
U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Williams
Arizona
New
Hitt
Pew Charitable Trust
DeVargas
la Compania
la Madera
Duke City Lumber Company
Vallecitos
Las Comunidades
Floyd Valdez
la Compania Ocho
Agua Caballos
Valdez
Duke City
Jem
Tha Manga
Courtney White
Rio Grande
The
Sierra Club
Santa Fe
White
Barbara Johnson
Winder
Dan Daggett
Earth First
Kris Haystad
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Jornada
White Said. “Winder
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Forest Trust
Carey
Forest Stewards Guild
Pecos
Charlie Lynch
Taos
Sam
Forest
Kay Matthews
Mark Schiller
el Valle
Truchas
Matthews
la Dicarita
Rio Pueblo
Rio Embudo Watershed Protection Coalition
Schiller
Max Cordova
Land Grant Association
Crockett, Dumas
Henry Lopez
Camino Real Ranger District
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