Natural Resources Trustee outlines settlements-funded restoration, highlights Gold King projects

Sep 24, 2025

Maggie Hartstevens told the Legislative Finance subcommittee that the Office of the Natural Resources Trustee has used settlement dollars to fund 57 restoration projects statewide, including 16 projects in San Juan County funded by the Gold King Mine settlements and $13 million directed to ONRT restoration work.

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Maggie Hartstevens, New Mexico's Natural Resources Trustee, told a Legislative Finance subcommittee that the Office of the Natural Resources Trustee (ONRT) uses settlements with polluters to pay for restoration and community compensation projects across the state.

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