A Vancouver-based uranium company is seeking federal approval to conduct exploratory uranium drilling within the Carson National Forest in northern New Mexico, according to U.S. Forest Service officials. Gamma Resources Ltd. issued a notice of intent late last month to the Carson National Forest, proposing to drill up to 12 exploratory boreholes up to 500
New proposal is extraction not remediation, warns the Navajo group, Dooda Disa More than 500 abandoned uranium mines (AUMs) contaminate the Navajo Nation, and genuine cleanup is urgently needed. But cleanup must be grounded in strict environmental oversight, transparency, and full community consultation. A proposal now being advanced by Navajo Nation EPA (NNEPA) Executive Director
At least 350 abandoned uranium mine and mill sites still dot the New Mexico landscape, vestiges of a Cold War-era boom that spurred companies or individuals to dig for ore, predominately along a mineral-rich deposit near Grants. Often, state officials say, those responsible left without a trace, apart from the environment-polluting and cancer-causing legacy left
By Navajo Times | Feb 19, 2026 | BY TOMMY ROCK, PH.D. EDITOR’S NOTE: Dr. Tommy Rock is from Oljato-Monument Valley, Utah. He is an assistant research professor at Northern Arizona University in the School of Earth Science and Sustainability and the Center for Ecosystem Science and Society. Rock has spent his career documenting the
