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News

• Otero Mesa in North Carolina Newspapers [6-5-05]
• Governor Sues Feds On Otero Drilling; State Wants Court To Invalidate Plan [ 4-23-05]
• L.A. Times: New Mexico Won't Go Down Without a Fight Over Drilling  [4-23-05]
• New York Times Editorial on Otero Mesa [2-4-05]
• Senator Bingaman Calls BLM Actions "Disappointing & Illegal." [6-17-04]
• Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chavez Weighs in on Otero Mesa Debate[6-17-04]
• Governor Sticks Up for Otero Proposal [6-18-04]
• Otero Water Concerns Should Be Allayed [6-17-04]
• Otero Drilling Would Endanger Ground Water [6-16-04]

• New York Times Weighs in on Otero Mesa Debate [6-1-04]

• Interior Official Knocks Gov.'s Otero Proposal [4-2-04]
• Faithful to Otero Mesa [3-16-04]
• Otero Plan on Way to BLM [3-8-04]
• BLM Sacrificing Otero for Bush's Energy Agenda [3-5-04]
• Oil Companies Point to Money Given to Schools [2-18-04]
• Domenici Briefly on Otero Mesa [2-17-04]
• LOS ANGELES TIMES FRONT PAGE ARTICLE [2-11-04]
• Richardson to Protect Otero Mesa [2-1-04]
• Richardson Orders Protection of Otero Mesa [2-1-04]
• Letters to the Editor [1-24-04]
• BLM Otero Mesa Plan Blasted [1-14-04]
• Oil Drillers Fight To Tap Otero Mesa [1-11-04]
• Of Man and Mesa [1-10-04]
• BLM OKs Expanding Otero Mesa Drilling [1-6-04]
• BLM Proposal Would Allow Drilling on Otero Mesa [1-6-04]
• BLM Panel Defied on Otero Drilling [1-7-04]
• Pearce Hears From Otero Mesa Coalition
• Otero Mesa Highlighted in New York Times Article on Wilderness
• Bush Administration Works Quietly to Eliminate BLM Wilderness
• Governor Supports Protecting Otero Mesa [2-23-2003]
• Governor Richardson Letter to Gale Norton [2-18-2003] PDF
• Quiet Returns: Compressor Moved After Permit Error Found [11-20-2002]
• Time for Domenici to Build Legacy [11-10-2002]
• A Unique Space [11-10-2002]
• Otero Drilling Plan Draws Protest
• Oil Industry Shows Lack of Concern [11-6-2002]
• Jim Baca on the Administration Energy Plan [6-7-2002]
• Richardson Opposes Otero Mesa Drilling [5-22-2002]
• Albuquerque Journal LTE "Policy is Drill the West" [5-5-2002]
• 2nd CD Candidate Positions on Otero Mesa [4-28-2002]
• Carlsbad Current-Argus LTE [4-23-2002]
• Taking the Smart Path to Our Country's Future Energy Needs [4-17-2002]
• Saving Otero Mesa, New Mexico's Wildest Grassland [3-22-2002]
• Orogrande Fueling Feud [3-05-2002]
• Drilling Solution Sought, Little Support for BLM Plan [3-02-2002]
• Drilling Compromise Proposed, BLM Addresses Reclamation of Southern NM Landscape [2-26-2002]
• Leaders Back Power Plant [02-05-2002]