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News about the Sandia Land Transfer

The proposed Sandia Mountains land transfer has drawn growing public attention and media coverage across New Mexico. This page collects news stories, interviews, public statements, opinion pieces, and other coverage related to the proposal, public access, and the future of the Sandia Mountains. We’ll continue adding new coverage as the conversation develops.

• October 2026 Issue: The Grit (Sandia Heights Neighborhood Association)
  In Perpetuity Means Exactly That

• October 4, 2026: Albuquerque Journal
  OPINION: WALT BENSON: Protecting public access to Sandias must be the priority

• October 4, 2026: Albuquerque Journal

  OPINION: Talk of the Sandias (5 letters to the editor)

• September 15, 2026: The Paper
  OPINION: WALT BENSON: Why I oppose Sandia’s request to unilaterally control 10,000 acres of public land

• September 15, 2026: Evergreen Hills Neighborhood Statement
  Evergreen Hills Neighborhood Statement on Proposed Sandia Land Transfer

• September 14, 2026: Tierra Monte Neighborhood Group Statement
  Tierra Monte Statement on the Sandia Land Transfer Proposal

• September 13, 2026: Santa Fe New Mexican
  OPINION: New Mexicans shouldn't have to choose between Sandia mountains and pueblo

• September 11, 2026: Rio Rancho Observer
  Sandoval commissioners unanimously oppose Cochiti Pueblo land transfer

• September 9, 2026: Sandia Heights Homeowners Association Statement
  Statement Against the Proposed Land Transfer into Trust for the Sandia Pueblo - Direct PDF Link

• September 7, 2026: Santa Fe New Mexican
  OPINION: Sandia land transfer is wrong 'solution'

• September 5, 2026: Albuquerque Journal (Former Governor Gary Johnson)
  OPINION: New Mexicans shouldn't have to choose between respecting the pueblo and keeping Sandias

• September 2, 2026: Santa Fe New Mexican
  OPINION: The Solution for the Sandias is on the Mountain

• August 29, 2026: Albuquerque Journal
  OPINION: West face of the Sandias must remain public

• August 28, 2026: KUNM Radio
  What happened this summer in New Mexico?

• August 26, 2026: NM News
  Pueblo’s Sandia Mountains land transfer plan faces new pushback at BernCo meeting

• August 25, 2026: Bernalillo County Board of Commissioner Meeting
  Public Comments (beginning at 21:00)

• August 21, 2026: Native News Online
  OPINION: Protect Sandia Mountain, Our Church

• August 21, 2026: High Country News
  OPINION: Protect Sandia Mountain, Our Church

• August 11, 2026: KOB News Coverage
  Debate grows over Sandia land management and public access in New Mexico

• August 11, 2026: Bernalillo County Board of Commissioner Meeting
  Public Comments (beginning at 14:30)

• August 27, 2026: NMCRAG & Access Fund Statement
  Proposed Sandia Land Transfer — New Mexico Climbers Resource and Advocacy Group

• August 2, 2026: Santa Fe New Mexican
  OPINION: Historic context matters: Sandia Pueblo's claim to sacred mountain

• August 2, 2026: Albuquerque Journal
  OPINION: Sandia agreement must protect public access

• July 30, 2026: Searchlight New Mexico
  Sandia Pueblo’s bid to transfer 10,000 acres away from forest service alarming outdoor enthusiasts

• July 30, 2026: Heinrich’s Statement
  Heinrich working for bill to share Sandia Mountains management with Sandia Pueblo, short of pueblo’s ask for total control

• July 30, 2026: NM Wild Statement
  New Mexico Wild Statement on Sandia Pueblo Transfer Act Proposal

• July 30, 2026: KRQE News Coverage
  Debate grows over proposal to transfer 10,000 acres near the Sandias Mountains to Sandia Pueblo control

• July 23, 2026: KOB News Coverage
  Pueblo of Sandia pushes for new guardianship of Sandia foothills lands

• July 23, 2026: ABQ News
  Sandia Pueblo pushes to take control of Sandia Mountain forests, raising alarm from outdoor adventurer seekers

• July 22, 2026: Sandoval County Board of Commissioner Meeting
  Public Comments (beginning at 31:29)

• June 24, 2026: Sandoval County Board of Commissioner Meeting
  Resolution Sponsor - Sandia Pueblo Governor (beginning at 1:31:14)