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Thursday, April 05, 2012
NM BLM Wins National Award for Migratory Bird Conservation
The Restore New Mexico initiative started seven years ago as a collaboration between government, the oil and natural gas industry, ranchers and environmental groups to reclaim old oil fields and restore grassland habitat in Southeastern New Mexico for the Lesser Prairie Chicken and Dunes Sagebrush Lizard, both candidates for endangered status. And the program's growth has been good news for far more species than its original two targets, says Bill Merhege, Deputy State Director of Resources with the BLM. "While we're we're doing all this, we're actually improving habitat for migratory songbirds, (which) are in decline West-wide because of the loss of grassland habitats." It's Restore New Mexico's effect on THAT population that has garnered it the second-ever Presidential Migratory Bird Federal Stewardship Award....more
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This must be a mistake. I can't believe the terrible Bush administration would do anything like this.Oh, I guess i should read more than the Times and Washington Post.
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