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El Paso Times
By David Burge
10/20/2009
EL PASO – The City Council gave moral support Tuesday to a proposal that would protect thousands of acres of wilderness and other scenic areas in Southern New Mexico.
Council members voted 6-0 for a resolution backing a bill introduced last month by New Mexico’s Democratic U.S. senators, Jeff Bingaman and Tom [...]

Las Cruces Sun-News
EDITORIAL
Our view: Our wilderness around Las Cruces deserves protection
09/26/2009
For some three decades now, the most pristine areas of the Organ Mountains and other natural treasurers just outside Las Cruces have been regulated under a federal designation that was intended to be temporary — a wilderness study area.
It seems to us there has been [...]

Albuquerque Journal
EDITORIAL
Oct. 4, 2009
Organ Mountains Sites Deserve To Be Saved
The Organ Mountains provide a dramatic backdrop to the vibrant and growing community of Las Cruces, the state’s second largest city, much as the Sandias do to Albuquerque. More than 30 years ago, at the behest of now retired U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici, the Sandias were [...]