• Cruces Basin Wilderness is a 18,876-acre (7,639 ha) wilderness area located within the Carson National Forest in New Mexico just south of the Colorado...
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    Columbine-Hondo Wilderness Cruces Basin Wilderness Latir Peak Wilderness Pecos Wilderness (mostly in Santa Fe NF) Wheeler Peak Wilderness The forest's 2021...
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    Forest The 19,000 acre Withington Wilderness in the Cibola National Forest The 18,000 acre Cruces Basin Wilderness in the Carson National Forest Additional...
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  • The National Wilderness Preservation System includes 806 wilderness areas protecting 111,889,002 acres (174,826.566 sq mi; 452,798.73 km2) of federal land...
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    that was Rancho Las Cruces during the Mexican era of California. As early as 1880 there was a hotel at the village of Las Cruces advertising the medicinal...
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    Jornada del Muerto (category Tularosa Basin)
    Jornada del Muerto desert basin, and the almost waterless 90-mile (140 km) trail across the Jornada beginning north of Las Cruces and ending south of Socorro...
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    White Sands National Park (category Tularosa Basin)
    (Republican); the Alamogordo Chamber of Commerce; the Greater Las Cruces Chamber of Commerce; the Las Cruces Green Chamber of Commerce; the National Parks Conservation...
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  • clamoring in the desert Or traditionally, "the voice of one crying in the wilderness". A quotation of the Vulgate, Isaiah 40:3, and quoted by St. John the...
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    (2008-04-17). "NM governor pledges to fight Gila River diversion". Las Cruces Sun-News. Archived from the original on 2008-06-11. Retrieved 2008-06-04...
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    National Monument near Las Cruces Old Spanish National Historic Trail Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument near Las Cruces Rio Grande del Norte National...
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    District. Approximately two-thirds of the park has been set aside as a wilderness area, helping to ensure no future changes will be made to the habitat...
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    Jemez volcanic field in the Jemez Mountains. Over 70% of the monument is wilderness, with over one mile of elevation change, from about 5,000 feet (1,500 m)...
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  • 105.45611°W / 36.64361; -105.45611 Columbine–Hondo Wilderness is a 44,698-acre (18,089 ha) Wilderness area located within the Carson National Forest in...
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    south-central area around Las Cruces, its second-largest city and the largest city in the southern region of the state. The Las Cruces metropolitan area includes...
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    miles (40 km) west of El Paso, Texas, 30 miles (48 km) southwest of Las Cruces, New Mexico, and 30 miles east of Columbus, New Mexico. The southern tip...
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    Tularosa (1996) — White Sands Missile Range, Tularosa Basin Mexican Hat (1997) — Gila Wilderness in southwestern New Mexico Serpent Gate (1998) — Mountainair...
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    - Chile, Argentina Chapelco - Argentina Liquiñe - Chile Cau-Cau - Chile Cruces - Chile Cutipay - Chile Futa - Chile Yelcho - Chile Futaleufú - Chile List...
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    Chiricahua Wilderness (Douglas District) Galiuro Wilderness (Safford District) Miller Peak Wilderness (Sierra Vista District) Mount Wrightson Wilderness (Nogales...
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    the Mesilla Valley in southern New Mexico, surrounding the city of Las Cruces in Doña Ana County. The protected area includes several mountain ranges...
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    Museum, Portales El Morro National Monument, Ramah Las Cruces Museum of Nature and Science, Las Cruces Mesalands Community College's Dinosaur Museum, Tucumcari...
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    Manzano Mountain Wilderness is a designated Wilderness Area within the Cibola National Forest, located about 50 miles (80 km) south-southeast of Albuquerque...
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    preserve the free-flowing Gila River. Salmon died on March 10, 2019, in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Salmon’s father, John Pomeroy Salmon, fought in World War II...
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    the Gila Wilderness was established in 1924 as the US's first designated wilderness. The Aldo Leopold Wilderness and Blue Range Wilderness are also found...
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    Ojito Wilderness is a designated Wilderness Area in Sandoval County, New Mexico, administered by the U. S. Bureau of Land Management. Established in 2005...
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    Lincoln National Forest include important local timber resources, protected wilderness areas, and popular recreation and winter sports areas. The forest headquarters...
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  • Salt Creek Wilderness is a designated Wilderness Area located on the Pecos River approximately 12 miles north-east of Roswell, New Mexico. Established...
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    Congress as part of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Bear Wallow Wilderness Escudilla Wilderness Mount Baldy Wilderness The fourth, the Blue Range...
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  • Capitan Mountains Wilderness is a 35,067-acre (14,191 ha) Wilderness area located within the Lincoln National Forest in New Mexico. The area was added...
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  • the Río de la Plata Mexican War of Independence Battle of Monte de las Cruces 30 Oct Mexican insurgents defeat Spain Peninsular War Battle of Baza 4 Nov...
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  • West Malpais Wilderness is a designated Wilderness Area managed by the U. S. Bureau of Land Management [BLM] located south of Grants, NM in Cibola County...
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