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I am a native New Mexican, and I have been fortunate enough to traverse over much of our state’s wilderness areas while hunting, fishing and hiking. I have also hunted, fished and hiked on state trust land, Bureau of Land Management land, park service land and national forest land.
Sens. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and Congressman Ben Ray Luján deserve much credit for their commitment to protecting one of the last natural places in the “Land of Enchantment.”
Their reintroduction of a bill to protect the Columbine Hondo as wilderness will help ensure that this amazing place — along with the elk, mountain lion, bear, pine marten and Rio Grande cutthroat trout it is home to — will stay just as it is for future generations to enjoy.
As the president of the National Veterans Wellness and Healing Center in Angel Fire, I commend Sens. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich along with Congressman Ben Ray Lujan for introducing legislation to permanently protect the Columbine Hondo as a wilderness area.
Less than a month after the Río Grande del Norte was made a national monument, our congressional delegation requested full protection for another wilderness area.
Bills were filed, appropriately around Earth Day, in the U.S. Senate and House to make the Columbine-Hondo Wilderness Area a reality.
It is fitting that Sens. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich along with Congressman Ben Ray Lujan chose the week we celebrate Earth Day to introduce legislation to permanently protect the pristine Columbine-Hondo area as wilderness.
Wilderness advocates had significant reason to celebrate this Earth Day (April 22), as another attempt to give the Columbine-Hondo full wilderness designation was
For Immediate Release 4-24-2013
Contact Mark Eller
IMBA Communications Director
303-545-9011 ext. 115
New Mexico's Congressional Delegation has reintroduced legislation to designate the 45,000-acre Columbine-Hondo area as a wilderness.
Teachers across the country are marking National Environmental Education Week, April 14-20, hoping to boost the knowledge of K-12 students about nature and the importance of stewardship. Here at Vista Grande High School in Taos, that is something we practice year-round.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Members of New Mexico's congressional delegations are trying again to designate the 45,000-acre Columbine-Hondo area in Taos County as wilderness.
