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LISTEN: Future Of National Monuments In New Mexico

Lisa Phillips, BLM Las Cruces District Rangeland Management Specialist via Wikimedia
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Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks

KUNM Call In Show 6/29 8a: President Donald Trump has called for a review of more than two dozen national monuments that were designated under the American Antiquities Act of 1906. That includes the Rio Grande del Norte Monument near Taos and the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks Monument near Las Cruces. Advocates say the sites need protection and have boosted tourism in rural areas. Ranchers and others worry about more federal limits on land use.

Have you visited these sites to hunt or camp or hike? Do they need more protection? Can we balance protecting natural resources with other uses? We want to hear from you. Email callinshow@kunm.org or call in live during the show.

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Megan has been a journalist for 25 years and worked at business weeklies in San Antonio, New Orleans and Albuquerque. She first came to KUNM as a phone volunteer on the pledge drive in 2005. That led to volunteering on Women’s Focus, Weekend Edition and the Global Music Show. She was then hired as Morning Edition host in 2015, then the All Things Considered host in 2018. Megan was hired as News Director in 2021.
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