New Mexico - 259,000 More Acres of Wilderness

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County Commission Backs Wilderness Measure

Las Cruces Sun News (NM)
Diana M. Alba
Thursday, September 24, 2009

Doña Ana County commissioners on Tuesday decided to back a federal measure that would create 259,000 acres of wilderness in the county.

Commissioners heard from several opponent and supporters of the wilderness area before voting 5-0 in favor of a resolution in support of the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks Wilderness Act, introduced into Congress last week by New Mexico's senators.

In addition to wilderness -- the most-restrictive land-use protection granted by the federal government -- the bill would create another 100,850 acres of national conservation area, a less-restrictive designation.

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