Jewell to visit New Mexico for wilderness meeting

Interior Secretary Sally Jewell will be among the dozens of officials and conservation experts gathering in Albuquerque this week for a conference aimed at celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act. Jewell is scheduled to deliver the keynote address at the conference Thursday. Organizers say the conference is the first national gathering of wilderness advocates, educators, students and researchers in 25 years. Other speakers include astronaut Joseph Acaba, Native American educator Greg Cajete and author Terry Tempest Williams...more