Guest guest Posted January 25, 2005 Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 i've been camping here... its not far from carlsbad caverns,.. and it had a ton of pronghorns we even found some petrogylphs.... New drilling approved for New Mexico's Otero Mesa The Bureau of Land Management yesterday made the final decision to open nearly 2 million acres of Chihuahuan desert grassland in southern New Mexico to oil and gas drilling. The Bush administration insists that drilling in the area, known as Otero Mesa, won't be a " free-for-all, " as the BLM's plan calls for close management and environmental assessments before drilling begins, and also prohibits activity on some 124,000 acres in order to protect sensitive areas and provide habitat for the endangered Aplomado falcon. Stephen Capra of the New Mexico Wilderness Alliance calls the agency's environmental-protection efforts " window dressing. " He and other enviros say the plan didn't take into account public opinion -- more than 85 percent of those who commented on the plan favored a prohibition on drilling in the area. Says New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson (D), " The state is going to fight this with everything we've got. " straight to the source: San Francisco Chronicle, Associated Press, Susan Montoya Bryan, 25 Jan 2005 <http://grist.org/cgi-bin/forward.pl?forward_id=4116> straight to the source: Los Angeles Times, Julie Cart, 25 Jan 2005 <http://grist.org/cgi-bin/forward.pl?forward_id=4117> Kick over the wall 'cause government's to fall How can you refuse it? Let fury have the hour, anger can be power D'you know that you can use it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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