U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has pledged $1.7 million from the Land and Water Conservation Fund to begin the first phase to purchase Price’s Dairy. The formerly operational dairy is a few miles south of Albuquerque and is part of a proposed 570-acre national wildlife refuge. The site would serve as an “urban oasis for both wildlife and people,” a news release said. The former dairy land contains one of the largest remaining farms in the Middle Rio Grande Valley and is one of the largest agricultural properties within the Albuquerque metro region. “With the support of Bernalillo County, the Trust for Public Land, New Mexico’s Congressional delegation, and many partners, New Mexico will gain its first urban national wildlife refuge,” Salazar said. “Once complete, this refuge, which is within a half hour drive of nearly half of New Mexico’s population, will be a place for people to connect with and learn about the natural world and will provide valuable habitat for wildlife.”...more
Hope they continue to focus on "urban oasis" projects, because right now their "rural oasis" is on fire all across the West.
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We have on of those urban oasis up river. It takes millions of dollars to provide police and fire protection for that oasis. Why do we need another. It is just the same cottonwood trees with tons of water use.
The dairy soils will need rehab you can bet, and the taxpayer will pay for that. What wildlife? Why do rabbits and ducks need a refuge?
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