Organ Mountains seen from the west
Organ Mountains seen from the west. Source: Wikipedia

Stuff you need to know, 9.20.23

“Report examines economic impact of Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument”
by Hannah Grover, NM Political Report
September 18, 2023

The economic impacts over the past decade have exceeded what was estimated by about 50 percent when the national monument near Las Cruces was signed into being by President Barack Obama in 2014.

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“Conservation groups sue BLM for rangeland degradation”
by Kylie Mohr, High Country News
September 13, 2023

The lawsuit alleges the federal Bureau of Land Management hasn’t conducted required environmental reviews for almost two-thirds of its 35,000 current grazing permits across 13 Western states.

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Diana Tittle
Diana Tittle

Diana Tittle, a member of the board of Sierra County Public-Interest Journalism Project, was the editor of the Sierra County Sun, the Citizen's precursor. A former resident of Truth or Consequences who now lives part-time in northern New Mexico, she spent her 42-year professional career in Cleveland, Ohio, where she worked as a newspaper reporter, magazine writer and editor, book author and publisher and publishing consultant. She is the recipient of a Cleveland Arts Prize for Literature.

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