Sabinoso Wilderness

After a long process, an omnibus wilderness bill that includes a provision to designate more than 16,000 acres of wilderness in New Mexico was finally signed into law by President Barack Obama today in the East Room of the White House.

New Mexico will benefit from bills in the omnibus lands bill that passed the House earlier today and is now headed to President Barack Obama’s desk for his signature. Most prominently, the Sabinoso Wilderness Act will designate nearly 16,000 acres of land 40 miles east of Las Vegas, NM, as wilderness.

The bill that would create the Sabinoso Wilderness in Northern New Mexico — part of a larger wilderness bill — passed the U.S. Senate. Again. It also passed in January, but failed in the House.
In addition to establishing the Sabinoso Wilderness, the legislation would create 2 million acres of wilderness in nine states. Much of [...]

Jeff Bingaman’s omnibus public lands bill easily passed the Senate today, 73-21.
Included in the 160 pieces of legislation was a bill to designate more than 17,000 acres in San Miguel County as wilderness. The bill was written by Sen. Tom Udall back when he was Rep. Tom Udall.
Every Democrat present voted for the bill, [...]

The U.S. Senate took a significant step toward protecting the environment on Sunday, voting 66-12 to move forward with an omnibus bill that protects 2 million acres of wilderness land in the West.
The legislation is actually a collection of 160 bills, according to the Associated Press article by Michael Daly that ran in the Albuquerque [...]