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442 Cannon House
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Washington, DC
20515
202-225-6316 Phone
202-225-4975 Fax
In Albuquerque
20 First Plaza NW
Suite 603
Albuquerque, NM
87102
505-346-6781 Phone
505-346-6723 Fax

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Congresswoman Heather Wilson, First Congressional District of New Mexico


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Wilson: Management Plan Unique March 10, 2000
 
WASHINGTON, DC – During a hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Forest and Public Land Management, Congresswoman Heather Wilson hailed the proposed management plan for the Baca Ranch as unique and innovative. Wilson lead off the testimony for the New Mexico delegation.

“Through the collective hard work of New Mexico`s congressional delegation, we are once again on the brink of bringing the Baca Ranch into public ownership,” said Wilson. “The Baca authorizing bill takes a unique approach to public lands arrangement. It sets up a special trust with its own board to oversee the ranch. It also directs the federal government to develop a plan to sell surplus lands so that funds can be used to purchase in-holdings--including privately held lands within the Petroglyph National Monument. The President and his administration have agreed to this innovative arrangement.”

Regarding some concerns about portions of the management plan Wilson stated, “Some people have expressed concern about this management arrangement, saying that it does not allow public input into the management process. Actually, there is nothing in the legislation prohibiting public input. The Trust and its decisions and actions are still subject to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) provisions. At each step in the decision process, meetings will be held for public input.

Wilson urged the committee to carefully review the recently released study by the General Accounting Office (GAO). “It is not unusual for appraisers to come up with different estimates of the value of public lands. The Baca is unique. There isn’t another property like it in New Mexico and possibly the entire mountain west.”

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