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Resources

Factsheets

• Fact vs. Fiction: The BLM’s Otero Mesa Record of Decision (ROD)

• Learn About Otero Mesa's

  Large, Untapped, Fresh Water Aquifer

• BLM's Plan for Otero Mesa

• Analysis of Otero and Sierra Counties Resource Management Plan Amendment (2004)
• Analysis of the Alleged Protections for Otero Mesa
• History of the Otero Mesa area
• Facts About Otero Mesa
• The Economics of Oil & Gas development
• Potential Gas Production of Otero Mesa is Insignificant
• Amphibians and Reptiles of Otero Mesa
• Blue-green Algae Common to Otero Mesa
• A Closer Look at the Disasterous Senate Energy Bill

Articles & Reports

• Hollow Promises in Our Land of Enchantment--

  Why the Bureau of Land Management Can't be Trusted to Protect Otero Mesa

• Alamo Mountain and Cultural Sights (Dr. John A. Peterson)

• Birds of Otero Mesa (Lawrence A. Sager, Jr.)

• The Last Deset Grasslands (Walter G. Whitford, Ph.D., Kevin Bixby)

• Ecological Characteristics of Otero Mesa and Impacts of Gas Development ( Walter G. Whitford, Ph.D.)

• Risks to Water Quality and Need for More Analysis and Protections  (The Wilderness Society)
• Plant of the Month (from Chihuahuan Desert Conservation Alliance)

Web Sites

• Environmental Working Group--Who Owns the West.   The Environmental Working Group is pioneering interactive mapping and data tools that give the public a first-ever detailed look at the impacts of drilling and mining on western lands — an accounting of industry actors and government accessions culminating in a "Who Owns the West" roster that features multinational oil and mining giants.

• Big Oil's Energy Plan - The Cost to America's Wild Lands and Waters. This Wilderness Society report details the influence of the administration's energy policy on our public lands.
• Oil & Gas Accountability Project. OGAP's overall goals are to advocate for greater corporate and governmental responsibility in the development of oil and gas resources, and to educate and assist community groups concerned about oil and gas issues.
• The Wilderness Society. Link to The Wilderness Society's page on the Las Cruces Bureau of Land Management District which includes legal comments, Wilderness facts, etc. for all BLM land in the southern district of New Mexico, including Otero Mesa.