[blueplum]

did a quick search - here’s what the ranchers are up against:

Special-status animal species occurring in the Organs are the peregrine falcon, an Organ Mountain species of the Colorado chipmunk, and four species of endemic mollusks

The Sierra de las Uvas Mountains Complex also contains important watershed...These canyons are also important corridors for the movement of animals from the desert areas to water sources along the river.

State-endangered sand prickley pear, Opuntia arenaria, a BLM special status species.

Golden eagles, great-horned owls, and Swainson’s hawks nest here, and peregrine falcons have also been reported

Extensive grasslands in the area provide important habitat for grassland birds that have declined in recent years. This includes potential habitat for Aplomado falcons.

The Great Plains narrow-mouth toad has been reported immediately to the south of the West Potrillo Mountains and can be expected to occur here.

gleaned from the National Monument site already up:
http://www.organmountains.org/the-lands/biological-resources/

[x]

Well, you don’t want anything to happen to your Organs or your Uvas, do you?

[Hootowl99]

I think you nailed with your statement along the line of this is what the ranchers are up against. This is about squeezing the ranchers remaining on the western flank of the Organ Mountains, which is largely BLM land with a few ranches still in private hands tucked up into canyons.

The eastern flank has been Fort Bliss or White Sands Missile Range lands for many many decades. The ranchers on the west though, there has been ranching since the 1600s. Water is a bit more available on the west flank of mountains as the rains largely originate from moisture coming from the Pacific or Gulf of California. Tucked up mainly in the western canyons are occasional springs and seasonal running arroyos.

[Carthego delenda est]

“did a quick search - here’s what the ranchers are up against:”

More simply, what we here in NM are up against is an epic abundance of Obama True Believers. I have read other threads about locust swarms in various places. In NM we have swarms of libtards who HATE ranchers, farmers, miners, loggers, oil men, and every other productive individual scratching a living from the earth. This ‘monument’ will become a highway for illegals to enter the state without fear of the border patrol, who will effectively be restricted in their patrols. NM is also a state which gives drivers licenses to illegals (you are asked if you want to register to vote at the same time), and it is also illegal to ask for ID at the polls.

FUBO!!!!