Drawing on inspiration from the Roosevelt Arch welcoming visitors to Yellowstone National Park to the vast open spaces of New Mexico, public lands are “for the benefit and enjoyment of the people.” The Public Lands Caucus will work across the aisle to advance policies for the conservation of and public access to public lands. It’s up to us to pass down this quintessentially American experience to the next generation.
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On a pitch-black night near the I-25 overpass in Hatch, New Mexico, we laid in the tall desert grass bedded like mule deer, admiring a canopy of stars, getting the smell of chicken liver off our fingers, and asking ourselves if aliens really existed. We laughed as swarms of mosquitos made a meal out of us and patiently waited for the catfish to bite. We had decided it was worth it.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Saturday, September 27, is National Public Lands Day. To mark the occasion and honor the value of our public lands, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) led a bipartisan resolution with Rep. Dina Titus (NV-01) and Rep.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On September 19, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) led a call to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, urging New Mexico’s exclusion from the administration’s effort to rescind the 2001 Roadless Rule.