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Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Exciting News!

Tomorrow President Obama will sign a proclamation designating nearly 500,000 acres as the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument.  You can read the article here:

http://www.lcsun-news.com/las_cruces-news/ci_25792422/breaking-obama-make-organ-mountains-national-monument

This is fantastic news for all lovers of this beautiful Chihuahuan Desert environment.  A recent survey showed that 72% of county residents support the national monument designation.  One notable exception is the narrow-minded, "conservative" Republican congressman Steve Pearce, who referred to the President's proclamation as a "land grab." 






Gigantic Soaptree Yucca at the old State Police Department

3 comments:

Dr. K said...

It's time to celebrate this great news.

Scott said...

So depressingly and predictably ...referring to the President's proclamation as a 'land grab'."

packrat said...

These people are very depressing, Scott. If it were up to them we'd be mining for uranium again in the Grand Canyon.

:(

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