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The extraordinary Caja del Rio, just southwest of Santa Fe, is as ecologically diverse as it is historically and culturally significant to New Mexico, the American West and the 近距离内射合集 States. Now, thanks to the unwavering commitment of our elected officials in Washington, D.C., led by Sen. Martin Heinrich and Rep. Teresa Leger Fern谩ndez, we have a clear vision for deeper, permanent protections for this sacred plateau.

From the stunning vistas of Diablo Canyon to the ancient La Cieneguilla Petroglyphs, the Caja del Rio has long been a vital cultural, agricultural and spiritual site for Indigenous peoples. Since time immemorial, it has served as a place for ceremonial practices, hunting, herb, medicine, pi帽on and firewood gathering, grazing and outdoor recreation.

Today, the Caja del Rio needs immediate permanent federal protection. It is imperative that we act swiftly to safeguard the Caja del Rio's future, especially at a time when public lands across the West are facing numerous threats of being sold off and privatized, and when the Caja itself has suffered environmental degradation, vandalism and desecration of sacred sites, and illegal dumping. This threatens the very fabric of this sacred and biodiverse landscape.

In co-sponsoring Santa Fe County Resolution no. 2026-050, we demonstrated our support, and the strong support from communities we represent, for preserving and protecting this important landscape and for passage of the Caja del Rio Protection Act, which was recently introduced in Congress by Heinrich. The act establishes both a Special Management Area within the Santa Fe National Forest and a National Conservation Area on Bureau of Land Management lands encompassing approximately 106,000 acres of public land west of the Rio Grande.

The Santa Fe Board of County Commissioners resolution, which passed unanimously in April this year, affirms our commitment to collaborate with tribal governments, land grant-mercedes, traditional Hispano communities, federal agencies and other stakeholders in the long-term stewardship of the Caja del Rio.

These days, it seems that sacred lands are up for sale and so is our future. If we don鈥檛 properly manage the Caja, we lose so much. We lose a crucial biodiverse wildlife habitat, and we lose open, undeveloped land for recreation and connection with nature. The act ensures traditional uses are preserved, and the community input has been included and acknowledged for Caja del Rio鈥檚 intrinsic traditional and spiritual value.

We want to see this place preserved in a way that ensures future generations not only have the opportunity to recreate and play, but to also engage in our cultural heritage of hunter-gatherers and woodcarvers and cattle growers.

Gratefully, the Caja del Rio Protection Act has quickly grown legs, with its first hearing scheduled for Wednesday in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee's Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee. While this first step in the process is largely procedural, it indicates an understanding of the strong merits of the bill, and a willingness to hear from the diverse supporters here in New Mexico.

We join Heinrich, Leger Fern谩ndez and the rest of the New Mexico congressional delegation, along with other local governing bodies, in strongly urging Congress to continue to move the Caja del Rio Protection Act forward, to preserve this cultural, ecological and traditional landscape in perpetuity.

Lisa Cacari Stone and Camilla Bustamante are Santa Fe County commissioners, representing District 2 and District 3, respectively.