President Obama designates the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument

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President Obama designates the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument

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In May 2014, President Obama designated New Mexico's Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument. Pew's U.S. Public Lands director Mike Matz discusses why these public lands are worthy of recognition and how national monument status will benefit the local community.

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