Senators introduce bill to save Organ Mountains
Posted at: 09/18/2009 8:27 AM
| Updated at: 09/18/2009 2:22 PM
By: Reed Upton, KOB.com
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sens. Jeff Bingaman and Tom Udall have introduced a bill to protect the Organ Mountains in Dona Ana County.
The New Mexico Democrats said Thursday the Organ Mountains Desert Peaks Wilderness Act would create a 259,000-acre wilderness area and a 100,000-acre conservation area.
They say the bill would allow continued public use while protecting the Organ Mountains' granite peaks and the volcanic cinder cones of the Potrillo Mountains.
Bingaman says the areas have caves, limestone cliffs and winding canyons.
The bill has been referred to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
Bingaman, the committee's chairman, says he plans a hearing on the bill this fall.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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