US Interior cancels maintenance, programming at national parks, including several New Mexico sites

By: Joshua Bowling

Outlets: Source New Mexico

Published: October 12, 2026

Words: 553

Last Updated: 1 day, 16 hours ago

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The U.S. Department of the Interior has canceled contracts to conduct routine maintenance and programming at numerous national parks and downgraded nearly 1,500 more projects across the country to “low priority” status, including several in New Mexico, according to the nonpartisan conservation group Center for Western Priorities.

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The conservation group pulled records from an internal National Park Service database and published them

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