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 SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Hunters may be able bid in an auction for the right to hunt elk in one of the prime locations in New Mexico under a bill that has passed the House.
The legislation will allow the Valdes Caldera National Preserve to auction off a certain number of permits to hunt bull elk on the 89,000-acre former ranch in the Jemez Mountains of northern New Mexico.
The money would go to the preserve for operations and improvements.
Currently, at least 78 percent of elk permits on the federally owned preserve must go to New Mexico residents. That would not be the case under the legislation.
The bill passed the House on Wednesday and goes to the Senate.
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