{"id":699,"date":"2010-09-16T15:31:27","date_gmt":"2010-09-16T22:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mjhinton.com\/wild\/?p=699"},"modified":"2010-09-16T15:31:27","modified_gmt":"2010-09-16T22:31:27","slug":"ortiz-mountain-ranch-cerrillos-hills-state-park-wild-horse-sanctuary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/?p=699","title":{"rendered":"Ortiz Mountain Ranch &#8211; Cerrillos Hills State Park: Wild Horse Sanctuary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newmexicoindependent.com\/63473\/richardson-uses-stimulus-money-to-buy-ortiz-mountain-ranch\">Richardson uses stimulus money to buy Ortiz Mountain Ranch \u00c2\u00ab New Mexico Independent<\/a> <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>By <a href=\"http:\/\/newmexicoindependent.com\/author\/gwynethd\/\">Gwyneth Doland<\/a> 9\/16\/10 4:22 PM<\/p>\n<p>Governor Richardson today announced that he is using $2.8 million in federal stimulus money to purchase 12,142 acres of land known as the Ortiz Mountain Ranch to expand Cerrillos Hills State Park and create a wild horse sanctuary.<\/p>\n<p>The property had <a href=\"http:\/\/www.styleagent.net\/realty4\/exec\/search.cgi?view=1187&amp;template=printable_flyer.html\">recently been listed for $3.4 million<\/a>. According to the broker\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s website, the property was owned by the Ball family, of canning jar fame, until 2004, when it was donated to the Nature Conservancy.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Galisteo Basin is one of New Mexico\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s crown jewels,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Governor Bill Richardson said Thursday in a press release. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I am pleased that the Recovery Act has provided the means for a long-term investment in the land that will provide the public with opportunities for recreation, and support our local economy by supporting jobs, and promoting tourism.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>The state has entered into a purchase agreement with the Nature Conservancy and a private owner, the release said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newmexicoindependent.com\/63473\/richardson-uses-stimulus-money-to-buy-ortiz-mountain-ranch\">Richardson uses stimulus money to buy Ortiz Mountain Ranch \u00c2\u00ab New Mexico Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richardson uses stimulus money to buy Ortiz Mountain Ranch \u00c2\u00ab New Mexico Independent By Gwyneth Doland 9\/16\/10 4:22 PM Governor Richardson today announced that he is using $2.8 million in federal stimulus money to purchase 12,142 acres of land known as the Ortiz Mountain Ranch to expand Cerrillos Hills State Park and create a wild &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/?p=699\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ortiz Mountain Ranch &#8211; Cerrillos Hills State Park: Wild Horse Sanctuary<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,25,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newmexico","category-wildlands","category-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699","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=699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}