Featured: Sen. Heinrich Joins Interior Secretary Haaland As She Accepts Largest Wilderness Land Donation in U.S. History

This piece originally appeared as commentary in the Los Alamos Daily Post on July 19, 2021

Submitted by Carol A. Clark | 07/19/2021, 8:49 a.m. MDT

U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) traveled to the Sabinoso Wilderness Saturday to join U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland as she accepted the largest wilderness land donation in U.S. history.

The donation from the Trust for Public Land to the American people is in Cañon Ciruela, adjacent to the Sabinoso Wilderness in San Miguel County.

Statement: Increased Sabinoso Wilderness Designation Would Make History

Hispanics Enjoying Camping, Hunting, and the Outdoors (HECHO) is proud to support the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s proposal to expand the Sabinoso Wilderness in New Mexico. If accepted, the addition of the 9,855-acre parcel would be the largest donation ever added to a designated wilderness in U.S. history.

The designation has the support of various stakeholders including local residents, recreation groups, and sportspeople, who agree that the expansion would support economic opportunity including tourism and travel in Las Vegas, New Mexico, and in neighboring communities.

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Blog: Sabinoso Wilderness Area - Open to the Public!

I recently had the honor to speak at an event celebrating the recent opening and expansion of the Sabinoso Wilderness Area to the public. This was the result of years of hard work among Latino public lands advocates, sportsmen and other northern New Mexico stakeholders.

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