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US outlines effects of withdrawing land from oil drilling

FILE - Numerous signs are seen placed along the road leading to Culture National Historical Park in northwestern New Mexico ahead of a visit by U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on Monday, Nov. 22, 2021. The U.S. Interior Department's plan to withdraw hundreds of square miles in New Mexico from oil and gas production for the next 20 years is expected to result in only a few dozen wells not being drilled on federal land surrounding Chaco Culture National Historical Park, according to an environmental assessment. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File) FILE - Oilfield trucks drive along the road that leads toward Chaco Culture National Historical Park in northwestern New Mexico on Monday, Nov. 22, 2021. The U.S. Interior Department's plan to withdraw hundreds of square miles in New Mexico from oil and gas production for the next 20 years is expected to result in only a few dozen wells not being drilled on federal land surrounding Chaco Culture National Historical Park, according to an environmental assessment. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan,File) FILE - United States Interior Secretary Deb Haaland addresses a crowd during a celebration at Chaco Culture National Historical Park in northwestern New Mexico, Nov. 22, 2021. The U.S. Interior Department's plan to withdraw hundreds of square miles in New Mexico from oil and gas production for the next 20 years is expected to result in only a few dozen wells not being drilled on federal land surrounding Chaco Culture National Historical Park, according to an environmental assessment. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File)
US outlines effects of withdrawing land from oil drilling