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OCR Page 1 of 6Alexander N. Gertsen
07/25/2000 05:28:18
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Subject: STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT: Baca Ranch Signing
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Fayetteville, Arkansas)
For Immediate Release
July 25, 2000
STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT
I am very pleased to sign into law S. 1892, the "Valles
Caldera Preservation Act. " This legislation is the culmination
of a gratifying cooperative effort with the Congress, led by
Senator Bingaman, Senator Dominici, Representative Udall, and
Representative Heather Wilson of New Mexico. Its enactment will
permit us to protect over 95,000 acres of unique, irreplaceable
land in northern New Mexico -- one of my top conservation
priorities - - for future generations to enjoy.
Specifically, this Act authorizes the acquisition and
preservation of nearly 95,000 acres in the Valles Caldera, New
Mexico. It also permits the sale of about 5,000 acres,
containing the headwaters of the Santa Clara Creek, to the Santa
Clara Pueblo, to allow the Pueblo to protect its water quality
and resource values. A separate title of the bill authorizes the
proceeds from the sale or exchange of certain Federal lands
identified by the Bureau of Land Management as surplus to be used
to purchase and protect other lands with exceptional natural
resource values.
The Valles Caldera is at the heart of the Jemez Mountains
and is the site of perhaps the greatest of New Mexico's volcanic
features. It also is home to a wide range of scenic, wildlife,
cultural, and ecological resources, and provides incomparable
scenic beauty and recreational potential. The importance of the
preservation of the Valles Caldera lies in the unique combination
of all of these features in a relatively pristine setting that is
nevertheless close by, and accessible to, the people of New
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