{"id":410,"date":"2007-04-01T05:41:29","date_gmt":"2007-04-01T11:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mjhinton.com\/wild\/?p=410"},"modified":"2007-04-01T05:41:29","modified_gmt":"2007-04-01T11:41:29","slug":"working-to-protect-otero-mesa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/?p=410","title":{"rendered":"Working to Protect Otero Mesa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Otero Mesa Public Forum
\nWorking to Protect New Mexico’s Wildest Grassland
\nThursday, April 19th, 6:30 PM-8:00 PM<\/strong>
\nElks Lodge (2290 Hamilton Rd) in Alamogordo-FREE<\/p>\n

Please be part of a historic day and help send a message to Washington that New Mexico’s quality of life means much more than a few days worth of oil and gas!<\/p>\n

Special guest speakers include: Rick Simpson, former Lincoln County Commissioner and Outfitter; activist rancher Tweeti Walser Blancett; high school teacher and wildlife expert Steve West; energy science, policy and economics expert Bill Brown; water expert with Sandia National Labs, plus local elected officials.<\/p>\n

Come learn what you can do to protect Otero Mesa, its wildlife, water and wilderness.<\/p>\n

RSVP or for more information, contact Nathan Newcomer at 505-843-8696 or nathan@nmwild.org<\/p>\n

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Speak Out for Otero Mesa
\nA Voice for Wilderness!<\/p>\n

Take a few minutes to call in and voice your concerns for our wildest public lands. Our objective is to get 1,000 Voices for Otero Mesa. Please be concise and short in your comments. It is important that we get as many voices as possible speaking out on Otero Mesa. Our objective is to create a CD of voices and present them to our congressional delegation, letting them hear, directly from you, how important<\/p>\n

Please call (505) 333-0420 and leave a message today for our congressional delegation, urging them to support a moratorium on drilling in this wild Chihuahuan Desert grassland. To learn more about Otero Mesa please visit: www.oteromesa.org<\/p>\n

Otero Mesa \u00e2\u20ac\u201d NMWild
\nhttp:\/\/www.nmwild.org\/campaigns\/otero-mesa\/<\/p>\n

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Otero Mesa Earth Day Outing \u00e2\u20ac\u201d NMWild<\/p>\n

Come spend Earth Day (4\/20-22) with us in Otero Mesa and watch the desert come to life! If the spring rains hit, then this is the best time to be out there. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll explore the area while talking about our continuing efforts to secure permanent protection for thelast best stretch of Chihuahuan Desert Grasslands.<\/p>\n

Be prepared for windy weather and lots of sun as Otero Mesa is now entering spring, but also be prepared for calm brisk days with the possibility of a few rain showers. Bring plenty of water, sunscreen and a camera to capture the moments of pronghorn herds, prairie dog towns, petroglyphs, desert blooms, and beautiful sunrises and sunsets.<\/p>\n

During the evenings there will be a social campfire. Bring instruments if you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve got them. Let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s get together and have some fun in the desert!<\/p>\n

Maximum participants: 50<\/p>\n

Driving time: 6 hours from ABQ, 2.5 hours from Las Cruces<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.nmwild.org\/events\/otero-mesa-earth-day-outing<\/p>\n

Contact Name \tNathan Newcomer
\nContact Email \tnathan@nmwild.org
\nContact Phone \t505-843-8696<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Otero Mesa Public Forum Working to Protect New Mexico’s Wildest Grassland Thursday, April 19th, 6:30 PM-8:00 PM Elks Lodge (2290 Hamilton Rd) in Alamogordo-FREE Please be part of a historic day and help send a message to Washington that New Mexico’s quality of life means much more than a few days worth of oil and … Continue reading Working to Protect Otero Mesa<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newmexico","category-wildlands"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}