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WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, commends the New Mexico State Game Commission for upholding the state’s proud tradition of protecting public access to public waters. Today, the Commission denied five applications from landowners that would have closed public...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM) announced the passage of the Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act by unanimous consent in the Senate. He introduced the bipartisan legislation with U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) to streamline scientifically-recognized vegetation...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) led today in advancing two bills he introduced that will enhance opportunities for outdoor recreation, reauthorize a key conservation program, improve access to our public lands, and protect wilderness within the Río Grande del Norte National Monument northwest of Taos, New...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, unveiled the Sportsmen’s Act of 2017, bipartisan legislation he’s championed to enhance opportunities for hunters, anglers, and outdoor recreation enthusiasts, reauthorize key conservation programs, improve...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) voted in support of Secretary of the Interior nominee U.S. Congressman Ryan Zinke (R-Mont.) during a Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources business meeting. “While we are clearly not going to agree on every issue, I believe it's very important to have a Westerner...

As 1,200 miles of road inside the Gila National Forest will inevitably be closed in July as the Gila National Forest Travel Management Plan takes effect, Democratic U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich is pushing legislation at the national level to allow public lands to be more “public” and accessible to the average person. Heinrich traveled to...

VIDEO: U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich receives the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership's 2016 James D. Range Conservation Award at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C., April 27, 2016. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) received the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership’s 2016 James...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) will hold a conference call with members of the press tomorrow, Thursday, April 28 at 11 a.m. EDT to discuss provisions within S. 2012, the Energy Policy Modernization Act that enhance opportunities for hunters, anglers, and outdoor recreation enthusiasts,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 20, 2016) - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) secured final Senate passage of key provisions of the Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act, legislation he introduced with Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska). Senator Heinrich also advanced conservation...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 19, 2016) - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus, secured key provisions of the Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act, a bill he introduced with Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee U.S. Senator Lisa...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, will deliver a speech on the Senate floor today, Tuesday, April 19, at approximately 2:45 p.m. ET/12:45 p.m. MT on the Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act. Provisions from the legislation that Senator Heinrich and Chairman of...

Dear Friend, Over the weekend I was honored to join local sportsmen and community leaders in welcoming hunters and anglers from across the nation to Las Cruces to learn about and visit Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument. I was also proud to receive the Doña Ana County Associated Sportsmen's Conservationist of the Year award....

(Photo: Jett Loe / Sun-News) LAS CRUCES — The conversation was rich at a breakfast early Saturday morning in a small conference room at Hotel Encanto. Sen. Martin Heinrich, wearing a camouflage vest and blue jeans, addressed a dozen sportsmen — hardcore hunters and anglers from as far away as Oregon to learn about Organ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich's (D-N.M.) Sportsmen's Act of 2015 cleared the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources today with bipartisan support. Senator Heinrich introduced the bill in February with Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska). The Sportsmen's Act...

PHOTO: U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) receives the National Park Heritage Award from the National Parks Conservation Association in Washington, D.C.  WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, received the National Park Heritage Award from the...

Senator Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, was hunting Barbary sheep in the southeastern part of his state a few weeks ago, and had a stark reminder of a problem he’s trying to fix with a bipartisan sportsmen’s bill. He and his friends had finished hunting one swath of public land, and scanned a BLM map for the kind of terrain the sheep...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus, delivered a speech on the Senate floor today on the Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015, a bill he introduced with Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) to enhance opportunities for hunters,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, during a Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing on the Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) discussed provisions in the bill that would reauthorize key conservation programs, improve access to public lands, and boost the outdoor recreation economy. Senator Heinrich...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - A hearing on the provisions of S. 556, the Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act, under the jurisdiction of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee is scheduled for a hearing today, Thursday, March 12, at 10 a.m. ET/8 a.m. MT. The Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act, which Senator Heinrich introduced last month with Chairman of the Senate...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) today announced 12 new Republican and Democratic cosponsors to the Bipartisan Sportsmen’s Act of 2015.  The Bipartisan Sportsmen’s Act, which Senator Heinrich introduced last month with Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee U.S....