Buffalo Tract Protection Act withdraws specific Bureau of Land Management land from mineral development.
The Buffalo Tract Protection Act withdraws approximately 4,288 acres of Bureau of Land Management land in New Mexico from mineral development. This land, referred to as Tracts A, B, C, and D, is protected from mining, mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing. The surface estate of this land can still be conveyed under certain conditions, but any such conveyance must reserve the mineral estate to the United States.
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