New Mexico Ex Rel. Richardson v. Bureau of Land Management

MEMORANDUM OPINION

BLACK, District Judge.

These consolidated cases involve administrative- appeals from decisions made by the United States Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”). The decisions challenged by Plaintiffs include BLM’s adoption of a Resource Management Plan Amendment (“RMPA”), as well as BLM’s approval of an oil-and-gas lease covering a portion of the area included in the RMPA. Plaintiffs maintain that BLM violated the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”); the National Historic Preservation Act (“NHPA”); the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”); the Federal Land Policy and Management…