Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., said Tuesday that he’ll support the nomination of Sally Jewell for interior secretary but vowed to press her, if she is confirmed by the Senate, to create more access to public lands that are currently blocked by private landowners. Heinrich, an avid hunter and fisherman, said outdoorsmen across the nation are growing increasingly frustrated as private landowners buy large tracts of land that sometimes completely cut off public access to public lands. The Sabinosa Wilderness in northern New Mexico is one such example, he said. “It’s surrounded by private land and there is currently no legal access — not so much as an easement for a trail,” Heinrich told the Journal on Tuesday. “It’s completely landlocked by private land. There are a number of places like that.”...more
I just gotta ask: Why would Heinrich's colleague, Tom Udall, push so hard for a wilderness area the public can't access? Upon Obama's signing of the bill, Udall issued a press release saying the Wilderness "will now be open for grazing, hunting and other recreational uses." Really? Did he not know that, according to Heinrich, there is "no legal access"?
I believe the correct spelling is Sabinoso.
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