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BLM acquires land near Santa Fe
SANTA FE (AP)--Some 178 acres of wetlands, rolling hills and basalt cliffs southwest of Santa Fe have been added to an area of critical environmental concern. The Trust for Public Land recently bought the property for $2.23 million from 23 heirs of the late Alonzo Rael, then sold it to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management for the same amount. The nonprofit trust often arranges for donations of land for conservation purposes. The Rael heirs had grazed cattle on the land between the villages of La Cienega and La Cieneguilla. The property has been added to the 4,500-acre La Cienega Area of Critical Environmental Concern, which includes pre-Columbian ruins and rock art and habitat for the endangered Southwestern willow flycatcher. The acquisition protects the land from mining or drilling. The BLM might do guided tours of the area's ruins and rock art, but it's not an area where the general public can go walk around, said Karyn Stockdale, the trust's acting state director. The purchase was among the first under the new Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act, which allows federal agencies to buy property with money acquired through the sale of other federal land, Stockdale said. Date: 8/30/07
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