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S. 1024, The Organ Mountains--Dona Ana County Conservation and Protection Act (29 comments ↓)
S. 1024 would designate the Organ Mountains and other public land as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System and the National Landscape Conservation System in the State of New Mexico.
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Las Cruces
May 24, 2011, 11:38pm (report abuse)The original attempt to pass this poor excuse for legislation (S.1689) failed because of local and national pressure against a wilderness designation in southern New Mexico. Bingaman's idea to make it better was to take the word "wilderness" out of the title and try to cram it through again. It was a bad idea as 1689 and it is still a bad idea disguised as new legislation in 1024.
concernedBT
May 26, 2011, 2:35pm (report abuse)Environmental Senators will become increasingly tedious as the fights for the stability of our financial future develops. Both of the senators need to have their staffs read FLMPA and find out they are obligated to adhere to more than just environmental agendas. This is a bad, bad deal. They were not able to get it crammed throug with the House, the Senate, and the White House fully in place they are going to find bad sailing now without. Udall is going to find he should have stayed away from this one.
Concerned Crucen
May 26, 2011, 4:33pm (report abuse)There is too much land in Dona Ana COunty that is ruled by the gov't in one agency or another ( Army, University, BLM, Nasa, Etc etc etc)--To lock people out of even more land is just ludicrous! AND, to have any Wilderness that close to the US/Mexican Border is VERY DANGEROUS and will only help the drug cartels and any terrorists that want to come into our country!
Excellent news
May 26, 2011, 4:49pm (report abuse)This is a great bill that will strengthen border security while protecting Americas treasures...Read the facts people...dont get duped on this one.
Border Patrol
May 26, 2011, 5:01pm (report abuse)The commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, who oversees Border Patrol, wrote a letter last year in strong support of the strengthened proposal. In the letter Commissioner Alan Bersin states that the bill, as modified, "would significantly enhance the flexibility of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to operate in this border area."
John Olivas
May 26, 2011, 5:24pm (report abuse)The Bill does great things for land protection in souther New Mexico. There is a great need for DAC to support efforts around land pryection for the area. I just read an article on the spaceport that would effect DAC and the opportunities for an economic development stimulus. What a great concept and protected land in the area would only add value to the area. Great work from the conservation groups in New Mexico!
watcher
May 26, 2011, 7:02pm (report abuse)It would almost be worthwhile to watch the numbers escalate up through the Potrillos with the Green Team's wilderness scam if it wasn't so dangerous. This is crazy. Name a single factor that will make this more safe!
BJ Las Cruces
May 26, 2011, 7:09pm (report abuse)We have studied the facts since the first bill was introduced. Alan Bersin and the Earth First funded NM Wilderness Alliance purposely misrepresent the bill and the facts. Look at Wilderness in Arizona. Tell me how the destruction of that area serves to protect anything. Wilderness keeps law abiding citizens out but lets illegals who obviously don't obey the law create a a drug corridor
C.J. JOHNS
May 26, 2011, 7:14pm (report abuse)AS a rancher who lives as close or closer to almost anyone in the county to the border let me say this whole "wilderness" is a joke! Heck I have three family`s 12 dogs and a working ranch right in the middle of their wilderness. As well as 40 miles of roads! and lord knows how many pipelines. If they were to pass it then by by water and by by all the deer and wildlife. Think think you tree huggers do not just react,think for once in your life!
Native
May 27, 2011, 2:33pm (report abuse)Who is watching the barn door? Once a bill such as this is passed, the abusers of the land will be the only ones on the land! No one I have talked to wants to ruin the mountains. Leave them alone! The only way for wildlife to thrive will be that fact that ranchers are keeping water in place for all to use. History shows that when you take away the people, the cattle, the wildlife dries up and disappears. Proof can be seen of that today NE of Las Cruces; AKA Joronado Experimental Range. The politicians should be fixing the economy and show us that they will do no more damage before they suck up more land from the people! Do your research; many of these supporters of this bill are true terriorists; if they could get rid of the human race, they would. And rewording this bill from before isn't going to make it better. How about making sure that the abusers get punished not the public?
jeffi
May 27, 2011, 4:21pm (report abuse)What are you clowns thinking. You want NM to be a waist land. Stop picking on NM.
Mike Fahrenkrug
May 31, 2011, 8:33pm (report abuse)Stop this bill it make southern new mexico unsafe
NM Resident
June 9, 2011, 9:18am (report abuse)A rancher was killed on his own property last year in Arizona. Another man was killed just a couple days ago, on his own property. Border Patrol agents have been killed. Sheriff's deputies have been shot. Government inspectors going down in southern NM take armed guards with them. Ultralights carrying drugs look like birds flying north from Mexico. What is going to take for the out of touch politicians to get the picture that what we need is to secure the border. Not voting in laws like wildernss that handicap law enforcement by restricting or in some cases totally eliminating their access (except by foot, which is next to useless). Wake up people!
Cruces is Awesome
September 15, 2011, 3:46pm (report abuse)We need to stop people from ruining OUR land. Too many individuals think they can do what they want on land that is collectively everyone's. This is all of our land, not just a few - who happen to want to ruin it. Please pass this bill!
EB
October 6, 2011, 12:18pm (report abuse)I'm all for protecting the land, but this bill goes to far. This is about giving the Fed Gov't bureaucracy total control of our local land from Washington and blocking our local citizens from access and use. NO MORE BIG GOVT CONTROLLING US!
Hobby ranchers gone wild
October 7, 2011, 1:39am (report abuse)I think Dona Ana County ranchers contracted mad cow disease
LC Native
October 21, 2011, 7:27pm (report abuse)I'm in favor of preservation of our environment, but this bill goes to far. Taxpayers own the land and should have access to it.
Geezer
October 22, 2011, 9:38am (report abuse)Congratulations to all who worked to study this area and lay out realistic wilderness boundaries. It's time to pass the bill!
John Waugh
October 22, 2011, 11:50am (report abuse)All of us who have worked so hard to protect and preserve our Organ Mountains and have them permanently protected from mining and development interests need to keep this in front of our legislators. Protect the wild beauty of the Dona Ana Co. Wilderness Areas!
Ridiculous
November 16, 2011, 1:31pm (report abuse)I don't want our Government having the power to tell me I cant have access to land that is ours. This is ridiculous. Taking away our land slowly takes away our freedom.
wrc the third.
November 16, 2011, 8:36pm (report abuse)I'll be 63 in Feb. I am disabled. I can't ride a horse or walk more than three miles.
I need access to existing roads in the areas described. How about some consideration for people like me that come under the AWDA.
Riker Davis
November 17, 2011, 11:48am (report abuse)Keep the Potrillo Mountains out of this bill if it has to pass at all. This is an active fltying site for paraglider pilots.
Rod ford
November 20, 2011, 8:02pm (report abuse)I agree keep the Potrillo Mountians out of this bill,the more eyes out there, wether on the ground or in the air will help the government keep the illegal's out
walleaner
December 14, 2011, 10:12am (report abuse)Keep the open space available for all to use, not just those with horses and the young.DH258
keepin it real
December 23, 2011, 5:06pm (report abuse)I went out on our beautiful public land the other day and worst part was the moonscape cow---- laden ranches within it. These selfish yahoos are lucky that we subsidize their wannable cowboy lifestyle. Las Cruces needs to put these jerks in there place and protect these places for the rest of us, not to mention our kids.
Agenda21
January 25, 2012, 9:12pm (report abuse)Use google to search for Agenda 21. Add Democrats against Agenda 21. Read and think.
Agenda 21
January 25, 2012, 9:16pm (report abuse)“We must make this an insecure and inhospitable place for capitalists and their projects. We must reclaim the roads and plowed land, halt dam construction, tear down existing dams, free shackled rivers and return to wilderness millions of acres of presently settled land.”
- David Foreman, co-founder of Earth First!
Agenda 21
January 25, 2012, 9:18pm (report abuse)“My three main goals would be to reduce human population to about 100 million worldwide, destroy the industrial infrastructure and see wilderness, with it’s full complement of species, returning throughout the world.”
-Dave Foreman, co-founder of Earth First!
inconvenient truth
February 16, 2012, 8:11pm (report abuse)With all of 13 apprehensions in the Potrillo Mountains in 2010, compared to over 100,000 in Arizona at the same time, why do local ranchers and their right wing friends constantly try to compare us to them? The Potrillos have been managed as wilderness for almost 30 years, so the "wilderness = Al Queda theory" has already failed, as our border in Dona Ana County has never been safer. Sorry to pull the plug on the fear campaign, but the jig is up cowboys. Time to go back to to your government subsidies and let the rest of us enjoy what you havent ruined.