Conservationist Group Cheers Senate Committee for Approving Measure
The Río Grande del Norte National Conservation Area Establishment Act was approved by the Senate Energy Committee today, sending it to the full Senate for action. The measure, introduced by Senators Jeff Bingaman and Tom Udall, will protect some 235,980 acres northwest of Taos, New Mexico, as a [...]

Happy Trails and Wilderness Tales
 The New Mexico Wilderness Alliance has just released its 2010 Wild Guide.
The NMWA, supported by more than 5,900 members, is a 501(c)3 nonprofit dedicated to the protection and restoration of wilderness in New Mexico. An important part of the NMWA’s work remains connecting people to wild public lands like Otero Mesa [...]

BYGABRIEL VASQUEZ
The Las Cruces Bulletin
Land and resource management goes hand in hand with economic development, according to a group of panelists who visited from across the West to speak at the “Wilderness Economics” forum Saturday, Dec. 5, at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum.
More than 150 business persons, members of the community and [...]