Restore New Mexico - Revision history

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Slideshows

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	== Slideshows ==		== Slideshows ==

	Despite defining "the problem" as "Invasive species have disrupted fragile ecosystems, replacing native plants and wildlife, and depleting water supplies" - Restore New Mexico completely neglects to mention that cattle are the number one ~~cause~~ of this problem.		Despite defining "the problem" as "Invasive species have disrupted fragile ecosystems, replacing native plants and wildlife, and depleting water supplies" - Restore New Mexico completely neglects to mention that cattle are the number one example of an invasive species which has caused of this problem.

	Instead, with the support of ranchers, the slideshow elaborates on this problem by instead blaming, page-after-page, the Native plants ~~themselves~~, from [[Mesquite]] to [[Creosote]] to [[Juniper]] and [[Sagebrush]].		Instead, with the support of ranchers, the slideshow elaborates on this problem by instead blaming, page-after-page, the region's most prominent Native food and medicinal plants, from [[Mesquite]] to [[Creosote]] to [[Juniper]] and [[Sagebrush]].

	The slideshow celebrates such results as "invasive" creosote being replaced with grass (primarily for cattle) with over 134,000 acres of Creosote practically eradicated in 2008 in areas north and west of Las cruces. On Ladron Peak, north of Socorro, over "8,500 acres of thick stands of invasive juniper" were "thinned" - ostensibly to benefit wildlife.<ref>http://kswcd.org/conference/Success%20Stories_Debbie%20Hughes_Restore%20New%20Mexico%20PP.pdf</ref>		The slideshow celebrates such results as "invasive" creosote being replaced with grass (primarily for cattle) with over 134,000 acres of Creosote practically eradicated in 2008 in areas north and west of Las cruces. On Ladron Peak, north of Socorro, over "8,500 acres of thick stands of invasive juniper" were "thinned" - ostensibly to benefit wildlife.<ref>http://kswcd.org/conference/Success%20Stories_Debbie%20Hughes_Restore%20New%20Mexico%20PP.pdf</ref>

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Fact Sheets

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	* 1.5 million ranching acres enrolled		* 1.5 million ranching acres enrolled

	= ~~Fact Sheets~~ =		= Propaganda =

			== Pamphlets ==

	All three of Restore New Mexico's 'fact sheets' frankly describe the methods and goals of deforestation as central to its efforts.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20160930165304/http://www.blm.gov/nm/st/en/prog/restore_new_mexico/Restore_New_Mexico_Fact_Sheets.html</ref>		All three of Restore New Mexico's 'fact sheets' frankly describe the methods and goals of deforestation as central to its efforts.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20160930165304/http://www.blm.gov/nm/st/en/prog/restore_new_mexico/Restore_New_Mexico_Fact_Sheets.html</ref>
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	A third flier on prescribed burning praises the program's use of fire in "removing thick vegetation and reversing the intrusion of pinon and juniper into grasslands" as "restoring open woodlands."<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20170217014900/https://www.blm.gov/style/medialib/blm/nm/programs/restore_new_mexico/restore_documents.Par.28666.File.dat/Restoring_woodland_savannahs_central_nm_DH.pdf</ref>		A third flier on prescribed burning praises the program's use of fire in "removing thick vegetation and reversing the intrusion of pinon and juniper into grasslands" as "restoring open woodlands."<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20170217014900/https://www.blm.gov/style/medialib/blm/nm/programs/restore_new_mexico/restore_documents.Par.28666.File.dat/Restoring_woodland_savannahs_central_nm_DH.pdf</ref>

			== Slideshows ==

			Despite defining "the problem" as "Invasive species have disrupted fragile ecosystems, replacing native plants and wildlife, and depleting water supplies" - Restore New Mexico completely neglects to mention that cattle are the number one cause of this problem.

			Instead, with the support of ranchers, the slideshow elaborates on this problem by instead blaming, page-after-page, the Native plants themselves, from [[Mesquite]] to [[Creosote]] to [[Juniper]] and [[Sagebrush]].

			The slideshow celebrates such results as "invasive" creosote being replaced with grass (primarily for cattle) with over 134,000 acres of Creosote practically eradicated in 2008 in areas north and west of Las cruces. On Ladron Peak, north of Socorro, over "8,500 acres of thick stands of invasive juniper" were "thinned" - ostensibly to benefit wildlife.<ref>http://kswcd.org/conference/Success%20Stories_Debbie%20Hughes_Restore%20New%20Mexico%20PP.pdf</ref>

	= Millionth Acre Celebration =		= Millionth Acre Celebration =

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	Restore New Mexico was an "aggressive partnership"<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20160930164803/http://www.blm.gov/style/medialib/blm/nm/programs/restore_new_mexico/restore_documents.Par.84892.File.dat/Restore%20Millionth%20Acre%20Newsletter%20Final.pdf</ref> between the Bureau of Land Management, cattle ranchers, and petroleum companies.		Restore New Mexico was an "aggressive partnership"<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20160930164803/http://www.blm.gov/style/medialib/blm/nm/programs/restore_new_mexico/restore_documents.Par.84892.File.dat/Restore%20Millionth%20Acre%20Newsletter%20Final.pdf</ref> between the Bureau of Land Management, cattle ranchers, and petroleum companies.

	The program was based on the premise that so-called "virtual wastelands of [[creosote]] and [[mesquite]]" need to be reconverted into "fragile desert grasslands"<ref>https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/573cda13e4b0dae0d5e4b15a</ref> as a model for "rangeland conservation." <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20160929014600/http://www.blm.gov/nm/st/en/prog/restore_new_mexico.html</ref> Native Juniper and Pinon trees were also heavily targeted and frequently killed.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20170217014900/https://www.blm.gov/style/medialib/blm/nm/programs/restore_new_mexico/restore_documents.Par.28666.File.dat/Restoring_woodland_savannahs_central_nm_DH.pdf</ref>		The program was based on the premise that so-called "virtual wastelands of [[creosote]] and [[mesquite]]" need to be reconverted into "fragile desert grasslands"<ref>https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/573cda13e4b0dae0d5e4b15a</ref> as a model for "rangeland conservation." <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20160929014600/http://www.blm.gov/nm/st/en/prog/restore_new_mexico.html</ref> Native Juniper and Pinon trees were also heavily targeted and frequently killed.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20170217014900/https://www.blm.gov/style/medialib/blm/nm/programs/restore_new_mexico/restore_documents.Par.28666.File.dat/Restoring_woodland_savannahs_central_nm_DH.pdf</ref> And "aerial application of herbicide pellets to thin sagebrush has been the most widespread form of vegetative treatment and restoration" in the 1.4 million Farmington Field Office administrative area.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20160930164803/http://www.blm.gov/style/medialib/blm/nm/programs/restore_new_mexico/restore_documents.Par.84892.File.dat/Restore%20Millionth%20Acre%20Newsletter%20Final.pdf</ref>

	At its core, the program denigrates vast swathes of Native forest + ~~bushland~~ as "desert" or "wastelands" to justify its conversion into "grassland/rangeland":		At its core, the program denigrates vast swathes of Native forest + brushland as "desert" or "wastelands" to justify its conversion into "grassland/rangeland":

	<blockquote>"Creosote and mesquite deserts are being replaced with healthy grasslands"		<blockquote>"Creosote and mesquite deserts are being replaced with healthy grasslands"

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Cattle Ranchers

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	The Wyres worked with BLM on vegetative "treatments" including aerial herbicide "treatments" on over 8,900 acres to reduce sagebrush and thinning juniper on the Oscura Allotment, which includes over 33,400 acres of Federal land, 29,000 acres of state, and 11,500 acres of lands controlled by the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps).<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20160930164819/http://www.blm.gov/nm/st/en/info/news_releases0/2014/december/rancher_honored_for.html</ref>		The Wyres worked with BLM on vegetative "treatments" including aerial herbicide "treatments" on over 8,900 acres to reduce sagebrush and thinning juniper on the Oscura Allotment, which includes over 33,400 acres of Federal land, 29,000 acres of state, and 11,500 acres of lands controlled by the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps).<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20160930164819/http://www.blm.gov/nm/st/en/info/news_releases0/2014/december/rancher_honored_for.html</ref>

	To recognize and celebrate the combined deforestation of 3 million acres (half was cattle rancher land), BLM program leader, Ray Keller, was bestowed the 2017 Ayudando Siempre Alli Award of the [[New Mexico Cattle Growers Association]] (NMCGA) at the Joint Stockmen’s Convention in Albuquerque by [[Tom Sidwell]] - MCGA President, [[Holistic Management]] Instructor, and former US Military Counterintelligence spy.<ref>https://nmsueddyag.blogspot.com/2018/03/cattle-growers-honor-ray-keller-at.html?m=1</ref>		To recognize and celebrate the combined deforestation of 3 million acres (half was cattle rancher land), BLM program leader, Ray Keller, was bestowed the 2017 Ayudando Siempre Alli Award of the [[New Mexico Cattle Growers Association]] (NMCGA) at the Joint Stockmen’s Convention in Albuquerque by [[Tom Sidwell]] - MCGA President, [[Holistic Management]] Instructor, and former US Military Counterintelligence spy ([[American War in Vietnam]]).<ref>https://nmsueddyag.blogspot.com/2018/03/cattle-growers-honor-ray-keller-at.html?m=1</ref>

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	The Wyres worked with BLM on vegetative "treatments" including aerial herbicide "treatments" on over 8,900 acres to reduce sagebrush and thinning juniper on the Oscura Allotment, which includes over 33,400 acres of Federal land, 29,000 acres of state, and 11,500 acres of lands controlled by the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps).<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20160930164819/http://www.blm.gov/nm/st/en/info/news_releases0/2014/december/rancher_honored_for.html</ref>		The Wyres worked with BLM on vegetative "treatments" including aerial herbicide "treatments" on over 8,900 acres to reduce sagebrush and thinning juniper on the Oscura Allotment, which includes over 33,400 acres of Federal land, 29,000 acres of state, and 11,500 acres of lands controlled by the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps).<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20160930164819/http://www.blm.gov/nm/st/en/info/news_releases0/2014/december/rancher_honored_for.html</ref>

	BLM program ~~manager~~, Ray Keller, ~~received~~ the 2017 Ayudando Siempre Alli Award ~~from~~ the [[New Mexico Cattle Growers Association]] (NMCGA) at the Joint Stockmen’s Convention in Albuquerque by [[Tom Sidwell]] - MCGA President, [[Holistic Management]] Instructor, and former US Military Counterintelligence spy.<ref>https://nmsueddyag.blogspot.com/2018/03/cattle-growers-honor-ray-keller-at.html?m=1</ref>		To recognize and celebrate the combined deforestation of 3 million acres (half was cattle rancher land), BLM program leader, Ray Keller, was bestowed the 2017 Ayudando Siempre Alli Award of the [[New Mexico Cattle Growers Association]] (NMCGA) at the Joint Stockmen’s Convention in Albuquerque by [[Tom Sidwell]] - MCGA President, [[Holistic Management]] Instructor, and former US Military Counterintelligence spy.<ref>https://nmsueddyag.blogspot.com/2018/03/cattle-growers-honor-ray-keller-at.html?m=1</ref>

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	The Wyres worked with BLM on vegetative "treatments" including aerial herbicide "treatments" on over 8,900 acres to reduce sagebrush and thinning juniper on the Oscura Allotment, which includes over 33,400 acres of Federal land, 29,000 acres of state, and 11,500 acres of lands controlled by the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps).<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20160930164819/http://www.blm.gov/nm/st/en/info/news_releases0/2014/december/rancher_honored_for.html</ref>		The Wyres worked with BLM on vegetative "treatments" including aerial herbicide "treatments" on over 8,900 acres to reduce sagebrush and thinning juniper on the Oscura Allotment, which includes over 33,400 acres of Federal land, 29,000 acres of state, and 11,500 acres of lands controlled by the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps).<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20160930164819/http://www.blm.gov/nm/st/en/info/news_releases0/2014/december/rancher_honored_for.html</ref>

	BLM program manager, Ray Keller, received the 2017 Ayudando Siempre Alli Award from the [[New Mexico Cattle Growers Association]] (NMCGA) at the Joint Stockmen’s Convention in Albuquerque ~~from~~ MCGA President, [[Holistic Management]] Instructor, and former US Military Counterintelligence spy ~~[[Tom Sidwell]]~~.<ref>https://nmsueddyag.blogspot.com/2018/03/cattle-growers-honor-ray-keller-at.html?m=1</ref>		BLM program manager, Ray Keller, received the 2017 Ayudando Siempre Alli Award from the [[New Mexico Cattle Growers Association]] (NMCGA) at the Joint Stockmen’s Convention in Albuquerque by [[Tom Sidwell]] - MCGA President, [[Holistic Management]] Instructor, and former US Military Counterintelligence spy.<ref>https://nmsueddyag.blogspot.com/2018/03/cattle-growers-honor-ray-keller-at.html?m=1</ref>

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	The Wyres worked with BLM on vegetative "treatments" including aerial herbicide "treatments" on over 8,900 acres to reduce sagebrush and thinning juniper on the Oscura Allotment, which includes over 33,400 acres of Federal land, 29,000 acres of state, and 11,500 acres of lands controlled by the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps).<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20160930164819/http://www.blm.gov/nm/st/en/info/news_releases0/2014/december/rancher_honored_for.html</ref>		The Wyres worked with BLM on vegetative "treatments" including aerial herbicide "treatments" on over 8,900 acres to reduce sagebrush and thinning juniper on the Oscura Allotment, which includes over 33,400 acres of Federal land, 29,000 acres of state, and 11,500 acres of lands controlled by the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps).<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20160930164819/http://www.blm.gov/nm/st/en/info/news_releases0/2014/december/rancher_honored_for.html</ref>

	BLM program manager, Ray Keller, received the 2017 Ayudando Siempre Alli Award from the [[New Mexico Cattle Growers Association]] (NMCGA) at the Joint Stockmen’s Convention in Albuquerque from MCGA President, [[Holistic Management]] Instructor, and US Military Counterintelligence ~~expert~~ [[Tom Sidwell]].<ref>https://nmsueddyag.blogspot.com/2018/03/cattle-growers-honor-ray-keller-at.html?m=1</ref>		BLM program manager, Ray Keller, received the 2017 Ayudando Siempre Alli Award from the [[New Mexico Cattle Growers Association]] (NMCGA) at the Joint Stockmen’s Convention in Albuquerque from MCGA President, [[Holistic Management]] Instructor, and former US Military Counterintelligence spy [[Tom Sidwell]].<ref>https://nmsueddyag.blogspot.com/2018/03/cattle-growers-honor-ray-keller-at.html?m=1</ref>

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	The Wyres worked with BLM on vegetative "treatments" including aerial herbicide "treatments" on over 8,900 acres to reduce sagebrush and thinning juniper on the Oscura Allotment, which includes over 33,400 acres of Federal land, 29,000 acres of state, and 11,500 acres of lands controlled by the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps).<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20160930164819/http://www.blm.gov/nm/st/en/info/news_releases0/2014/december/rancher_honored_for.html</ref>		The Wyres worked with BLM on vegetative "treatments" including aerial herbicide "treatments" on over 8,900 acres to reduce sagebrush and thinning juniper on the Oscura Allotment, which includes over 33,400 acres of Federal land, 29,000 acres of state, and 11,500 acres of lands controlled by the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps).<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20160930164819/http://www.blm.gov/nm/st/en/info/news_releases0/2014/december/rancher_honored_for.html</ref>

	BLM program manager, Ray Keller, received the 2017 Ayudando Siempre Alli Award from the [[New Mexico Cattle Growers Association]] (NMCGA) at the Joint Stockmen’s Convention in Albuquerque from MCGA President [[Tom Sidwell]].<ref>https://nmsueddyag.blogspot.com/2018/03/cattle-growers-honor-ray-keller-at.html?m=1</ref>		BLM program manager, Ray Keller, received the 2017 Ayudando Siempre Alli Award from the [[New Mexico Cattle Growers Association]] (NMCGA) at the Joint Stockmen’s Convention in Albuquerque from MCGA President, [[Holistic Management]] Instructor, and US Military Counterintelligence expert [[Tom Sidwell]].<ref>https://nmsueddyag.blogspot.com/2018/03/cattle-growers-honor-ray-keller-at.html?m=1</ref>

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	Restore New Mexico was an "aggressive partnership"<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20160930164803/http://www.blm.gov/style/medialib/blm/nm/programs/restore_new_mexico/restore_documents.Par.84892.File.dat/Restore%20Millionth%20Acre%20Newsletter%20Final.pdf</ref> between the Bureau of Land Management, cattle ranchers, and petroleum companies.		Restore New Mexico was an "aggressive partnership"<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20160930164803/http://www.blm.gov/style/medialib/blm/nm/programs/restore_new_mexico/restore_documents.Par.84892.File.dat/Restore%20Millionth%20Acre%20Newsletter%20Final.pdf</ref> between the Bureau of Land Management, cattle ranchers, and petroleum companies.

	The program was based on the premise that so-called "virtual wastelands of [[creosote]] and [[mesquite]]" need to be reconverted into "fragile desert grasslands"<ref>https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/573cda13e4b0dae0d5e4b15a</ref> as a model for "rangeland conservation." <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20160929014600/http://www.blm.gov/nm/st/en/prog/restore_new_mexico.html</ref> Native Juniper and Pinon trees were also frequently killed.		The program was based on the premise that so-called "virtual wastelands of [[creosote]] and [[mesquite]]" need to be reconverted into "fragile desert grasslands"<ref>https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/573cda13e4b0dae0d5e4b15a</ref> as a model for "rangeland conservation." <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20160929014600/http://www.blm.gov/nm/st/en/prog/restore_new_mexico.html</ref> Native Juniper and Pinon trees were also heavily targeted and frequently killed.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20170217014900/https://www.blm.gov/style/medialib/blm/nm/programs/restore_new_mexico/restore_documents.Par.28666.File.dat/Restoring_woodland_savannahs_central_nm_DH.pdf</ref>

	At its core, the program denigrates vast swathes of Native forest + bushland as "desert" or "wastelands" to justify its conversion into "grassland/rangeland":		At its core, the program denigrates vast swathes of Native forest + bushland as "desert" or "wastelands" to justify its conversion into "grassland/rangeland":

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	Under the management of [[Ray Keller]], ''Restore New Mexico'' was launched by the [[Bureau of Land Management]] in 2005 to "restore" over 3 million acres of land with a focus on "controlling invasive brush species" and "reducing woodland encroachment." Carried out in partnership with ranchers, the program was based on the premise that so-called "virtual wastelands of [[creosote]] and [[mesquite]]" need to be reconverted into "fragile desert grasslands"<ref>https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/573cda13e4b0dae0d5e4b15a</ref> as a model for "rangeland conservation."<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20160929014600/http://www.blm.gov/nm/st/en/prog/restore_new_mexico.html</ref>		Under the management of [[Ray Keller]], ''Restore New Mexico'' was launched by the Bush/Cheney Administration's [[Bureau of Land Management]] in 2005 to "restore" over 3 million acres of land with a focus on "controlling invasive brush species" and "reducing woodland encroachment."

	The program denigrates Native forest + bushland as "desert" or "wastelands" to justify its conversion into "grassland/rangeland":		Restore New Mexico was an "aggressive partnership"<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20160930164803/http://www.blm.gov/style/medialib/blm/nm/programs/restore_new_mexico/restore_documents.Par.84892.File.dat/Restore%20Millionth%20Acre%20Newsletter%20Final.pdf</ref> between the Bureau of Land Management, cattle ranchers, and petroleum companies.

			The program was based on the premise that so-called "virtual wastelands of [[creosote]] and [[mesquite]]" need to be reconverted into "fragile desert grasslands"<ref>https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/573cda13e4b0dae0d5e4b15a</ref> as a model for "rangeland conservation." <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20160929014600/http://www.blm.gov/nm/st/en/prog/restore_new_mexico.html</ref> Native Juniper and Pinon trees were also frequently killed.

			At its core, the program denigrates vast swathes of Native forest + bushland as "desert" or "wastelands" to justify its conversion into "grassland/rangeland":

	<blockquote>"Creosote and mesquite deserts are being replaced with healthy grasslands"		<blockquote>"Creosote and mesquite deserts are being replaced with healthy grasslands"


	"Overgrown woodlands are being restored to open savannas with abundant grasses"</blockquote>		"Overgrown woodlands are being restored to open savannas with abundant grasses"</blockquote>