Senator Bingaman and
Udall's
ORGAN MOUNTAINS - DESERT PEAKS WILDERNESS ACT (S.1689)
did NOT become law in the 2010 congress,
due to community outcry and public response against this legislation.
In May 2011
Senators Bingaman and Udall reintroduced this legislation as S.1024.
It is interesting
to note that they have chosen to remove
the word "Wilderness" from the title of S.1024.
The new title is the
Organ Mountains - Dona Ana County Conservation and Protection Act,
although the content of the legislation remains virtually the same as
S.1689.
THE
DAMAGE
THIS LEGISLATION
WILL INFLICT
ON DONA ANA COUNTY
REMAINS THE SAME
Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) and Senator
Tom Udall (D-NM) have introduced federal Wilderness legislation for Dona
Ana County, New Mexico -
S.1689, the Organ
Mountains Desert Peaks Wilderness Act. This legislation imposes federal
Wilderness designation, the most restrictive of all federal land
management designations, on 241,400 acres of lands in Dona Ana County,
along with 99,150 acres of National Conservation Area (NCA) designation.
This area is over 532 square miles of
land, nearly 14% of Dona Ana County, and a little over half the
size of the state of Rhode Island.
SPECIAL EDITION ON BINGAMAN'S WILDERNESS BILL (The Westerner)
Letters Against S.1024
Letter from Congressman Steve Pearce to Sec. of Interior Ken Salazar on
S.1024
National
Association of Former Border Patrol Officers
Dona Ana County
Sheriff Todd Garrison
Luna County
Sheriff Raymond Cobos
Hidalgo
Country Sheriff Saturnino Madero
Las Cruces
Chamber of Commerce
Building Industry
Association of Southern New Mexico
Dona
Ana Soil & Water Conservation District
NMSU Southwest
Border Food Safety and Defense Center
Las Cruces TEA Party
Letter, and
Enclosure
People for Preserving
Our Western Heritage
Mesilla Valley
Sportsmen's Alliance
Rio Grande Soaring
Association
Luna County
Village of Hatch
PFPOWH S.1689 Fact
Sheet
Abbreviated
summary of S.1689
|
"The
presence of any wilderness on the Mexican border is a danger to the security
of the United States"
Jim Switzer,
National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers |
|
PFPOWH
OPPOSES THIS LEGISLATION.
THIS
LEGISLATION IS NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR COMMUNITY,
OUR STATE OR OUR COUNTY. |
As of July, 2010, more than 28,000 people
have been killed in
drug
related violence since 2006. We do not want create a smuggling
corridor in our county that will invite this type of criminal violence to move
in to our community.
Attacks on the Mexican government and civilians, including journalists,
are escalating.
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HERE for articles, news, maps and more information on S.1689 - the Organ
Mountains Desert Peaks Wilderness Act.
