Albuquerque Journal
Friday, November 13, 2009
By Nathan Newcomer
Associate Director, New Mexico Wilderness Alliance
“Land of Enchantment” was added to New Mexico’s license plates in 1941, a nickname that beautifully captures the diversity and richness of our state — the richness of our history and many cultures and the incredible diversity of our landscapes and ecosystems.
For decades now, [...]

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 [...]

EDITORIAL
From the Las Cruces Sun-News
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 plenty of time for study, now [...]

Sportsmen, business owners, conservationists, local elected officials and other community members hailed the introduction today of The Organ Mountains – Desert Peaks Wilderness Act, by Senator Jeff Bingaman and Senator Tom Udall. The measure will protect nearly 400,000 acres of public land in Dona Ana County, by designating 271,050 acres as wilderness and creating a [...]

Measure Protects 2nd Wilderness Area in New Mexico in Last 20 Years
Washington, D.C.—The United States House of Representatives today passed by a vote of 285 to 140,  legislation to protect the Sabinoso Wilderness Area, as part of a large public lands bill. At 16,000 acres, Sabinoso is one of the finest intact Great-Plains ecosystems left [...]

New Mexico Conservation Bill Takes Key Step Towards Passage
El Rio Grande del Norte NCA/Wilderness Bill Before Senate Subcommittee
A hearing by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee’s Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests today was cheered by New Mexico conservationists and sportsmen as a key step toward the passage of the El Rio Grande del [...]

New Mexico Community Land Grants
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Wilderness Outdoor Connection Leadership Program
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WASHINGTON, D.C.—On April 23rd, 2009, Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) introduced legislation that would protect over 300,000 acres of wild public land in northern New Mexico. The bill is cosponsored by Senator Tom Udall (D-NM).
The “El Rio Grande del Norte National Conservation Area Establishment Act” would [...]

Victory! Sabinoso became Wilderness on March 24, 2009 when President Obama signed into law the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act of 2009.
Area DescriptionRising 1,110 feet from the surrounding plains, the Sabinoso unit sits upon the Canadian Escarpment, which is composed mostly of the Jurassic Morrison Formation and Triassic Chinle Shale. Cretaceous Dakota Sandstone caps these [...]