Secretary Jewell Joins Community to Celebrate Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument Designation

Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell joined leaders and hundreds of community members to celebrate President Obama's designation of the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument in South-central New Mexico.

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    Neil Kornze, Director of the Bureau of Land Management, Mike Boots, Acting Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, Sally Jewell, U.S. Secretary of the Interior and Tom Udall, U.S. Senator from New Mexico. Photo: DOI

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    Secretary Jewell posed for a picture with Manso Nation tribe members who came out for the designation celebration. Photo: DOI

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    “Today is the culmination of a community-led effort to conserve, protect and promote these public lands, but it's the beginning of a new chapter for the businesses that will benefit from the tourism and recreation, and the wildlife that rely on this unique habitat,” said Secretary Jewell. Photo: DOI

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