{"id":702,"date":"2010-09-22T07:34:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-22T14:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mjhinton.com\/wild\/?p=702"},"modified":"2010-09-22T07:34:00","modified_gmt":"2010-09-22T14:34:00","slug":"county-to-consider-570-acres-of-open-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/?p=702","title":{"rendered":"County To Consider 570 Acres of Open Space"},"content":{"rendered":"

ABQJOURNAL NEWS\/METRO: County To Consider 570 Acres of Open Space<\/a> <\/p>\n

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By Dan McKay<\/a>
Copyright \u00c2\u00a9 2010 Albuquerque Journal
Journal Staff Writer
          The old Price’s Dairy land is among the last of its kind \u00e2\u20ac\u201d 570 contiguous acres of hay and bird habitat, all just a few miles from Downtown Albuquerque.
        But conservationists fear it may not stay that way forever. This massive chunk of open space, they say, is simply too tempting for developers to pass up.
        The cost of public acquisition, however, won’t be low, perhaps topping $20 million. Earmarking the first public funds could come later this month.
        Price’s Dairy is "one of the largest remaining farms in the Middle Rio Grande," said Greg Hiner of the nonprofit Trust for Public Land. "Preserving it now is key while we have a chance. Once it’s gone, that’ll be it."
        The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is in the early stages of considering whether to propose the property as a national wildlife refuge. It would be the first urban refuge in the Southwest. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

ABQJOURNAL NEWS\/METRO: County To Consider 570 Acres of Open Space<\/a><\/p>\n

It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a beautiful chunk of land that should remain open and become public space. You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll hear the penny-pinchers whining about tough economic times, but they whine even when we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re flush. This is a good investment for the people of New Mexico.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ABQJOURNAL NEWS\/METRO: County To Consider 570 Acres of Open Space By Dan McKay Copyright \u00c2\u00a9 2010 Albuquerque Journal Journal Staff Writer           The old Price’s Dairy land is among the last of its kind \u00e2\u20ac\u201d 570 contiguous acres of hay and bird habitat, all just a few miles from Downtown Albuquerque.         But conservationists fear … Continue reading County To Consider 570 Acres of Open Space<\/span> →<\/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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newmexico"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702","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=702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}