4,200 acres of Placitas land is now protected from mining [Video]

SEVEN NEWS. THERE ARE NEW PROTECTIONS ON PUBLIC LAND IN NEW MEXICO AND U.S. OFFICIALS SAY IT WILL BE PROTECTED FOR YEARS TO COME. JULIAN POTTER SPOKE WITH SECRETARY DEB HAALAND, WHO MADE THIS DECISION JUST HOURS AGO. JULIAN. RON. THAT’S RIGHT. THERE’S 4200 ACRES OF THAT LAND IN THE PLACITAS AREA, WHICH WILL NOW BE PROTECTED FROM THINGS LIKE MINING AND WILL ALSO BE PRESERVED UNTIL 2074. SECRETARY DEB HAALAND SHOWED US EARLIER TODAY WHY THIS MEANS SO MUCH TO HER. MY SPIRIT IS HERE AND I JUST REALLY LOVE TO BE HOME SO, SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. DEB HAALAND HAS MADE MANY DECISIONS AS THE SECRETARY FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUT THURSDAY SHE SHOWED A MORE OPEN SIDE AS SHE SIGNED A PUBLIC LAND ORDER COVERING MORE THAN 4000 ACRES IN THE PLACITAS AREA. THEY AND MANY OTHER INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES HAVE CALLED THE PLACITAS …