New Mexico's all-Democratic congressional delegation is asking for a ban on building new roads in roadless areas of national forests to stay in place, at least for the Land of Enchantment.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is considering repealing the Roadless Rule, which prohibits building new roads, rebuilding others or harvesting timber in more than 44 million acres of federally owned forests. There are 1.6 million acres of inventoried roadless areas across more than 9.3 million acres of national forest lands in New Mexico.

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