Albuquerque, NM – On Monday, August 13, 2018 at 10:00 am, tribal, conservation, and community leaders will join Congresswoman Michelle Lujan Grisham (NM-01) at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center to highlight the recent introduction of the U.S. House version of the ANTIQUITIES Act 2018, which would preserve opportunities for hunting, tourism, scientific research, conservation, and cultural uses in national monuments and protect them against any potential future attacks by the Trump Administration.
The bill would give presidentially declared monuments the same protection as congressionally declared monuments; move the Bears Ears National Monument boundary to the tribal proposed boundary; establish wilderness areas in the Rio Grande del Norte and Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monuments; and establish wilderness areas inside of Gold Butte National Monument in Nevada.
Join us in celebrating our national monuments and public lands.
What: Congresswoman Michelle Lujan Grisham and guest speakers will celebrate the introduction of the ANTIQUITIES Act and highlight the social, cultural and economic importance of public lands to New Mexico and the nation.
When: Monday, August 13th 10:00 a.m.
Who: Congresswoman Michelle Lujan Grisham (NM-01)
Todd Leahy, Acting Executive Director, New Mexico Wildlife Federation
Carleton Bowekaty, Councilman, Zuni Pueblo and Co-Chair of the Bears Ears Coalition
Governor Kurt Riley of Acoma Pueblo, representing the All Pueblo Council of Governors
Ralph Arellanes, LULAC New Mexico Executive Director (tbd)
Where: Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, 2401 12th Street NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104
