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

States Newsroom · October 12, 2026

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…

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

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