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Sabinoso Wilderness Area Nearly Doubles In Size After Expansion
Sabinoso Wilderness Area Expansion Dedication
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July 18th, 2021 at 03:14 pm
Updated July 18th, 2021 at 03:17 pm
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Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland returned to New Mexico on Saturday along with Sen. Martin Heinrich and Rep. Teresa Ledger Fernandez, to celebrate the historic expansion of the Sabinoso Wilderness Area, a vast wilderness of mesas, pinons, and juniper forests located near Las Vegas. The expansion of the rugged wilderness is part of a greater effort by the Biden administration to restore 30 percent of America’s land and water by 2030 through the America The Beautiful initiative.