Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will travel to four cities this week – in North Carolina, Indiana, New Mexico and Arizona – joining local elected officials and community partners to celebrate the positive economic impacts and successes of the Land and Water Conservation Fund as it approaches its 50th anniversary on September 3rd.
On Friday, August 8th, as part of this celebration, the Secretary will join New Mexico Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich, Representative Michelle Lujan Grisham, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Regional Director Dr. Benjamin Tuggle and state and local officials to celebrate this important anniversary and make an announcement regarding the Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge.
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