Win for wildlands! President Obama designates five new national monuments
Friday, March 22, 2013
The National Park system and our BLM monuments lands just got a little bigger. Americans will soon be able to enjoy five new national monuments in states from New Mexico to Washington.
On Saturday, December 15, 2012, U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar visited New Mexico to listen to the local community that wants to protect Rio Grande del Norte.
This New Mexico map illustrates National Landscape Conservation System locations. These are some of the gems within our public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management.