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Otero Mesa

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Rocky Mountain

Press Releases

Otero Mesa Saved From Oil and Gas Drilling

Thursday, April 30, 2009

Earthjustice Sues BLM over Illegal Meetings with Industry Representatives in New Mexico

Friday, January 2, 2004

Bush Administration Refuses to Release Otero Mesa Development Documents

Thursday, May 13, 2004

BLM Plans to Ignore Lion's Share of Public Comments on Otero Mesa

Wednesday, June 9, 2004

Files

Otero Mesa Complaint

(Legal Document)

Otero Mesa Complaint

(Legal Document)

Otero Mesa FOIA Complaint

(Legal Document)

Request for Public Comment on Oil and Gas development on the Otero Mesa

(Letter)

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Otero Mesa in New Mexico
Photo by Stephen Capra, New Mexico Wilderness Alliance

Otero Mesa is a desert grassland in New Mexico that provides habitat for several federally protected species. Conservationists and the State of New Mexico want to protect the most sensitive areas, while the Bush administration wanted to throw it all open to oil and gas development.

On April 28, 2009, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision invalidating the Bush administration drilling plan for Otero Mesa.

Wild Earth Guardians

National Wildlife Federation

Natural Resources Defense Council

New Mexico Wilderness Alliance

New Mexico Wildlife Federation

Sierra Club

Southwest Environmental Center

Jim Angell

Staff:
Jim Angell

Clients:
Wild Earth Guardians
National Wildlife Federation
Natural Resources Defense Council
New Mexico Wilderness Alliance
New Mexico Wildlife Federation
Sierra Club
Southwest Environmental Center

Last Updated: July 13, 2010
Case Number # 2833