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Wilderness Act; V.B. Price: Preserving the World (1989-06-09)
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Celebrating the Silver Anniversary of the Wilderness Act: This year the nation marks the 25th anniversary of the Wilderness Act which enabled the creation of the American wilderness system and the preservation of pristine wilderness areas in their natural state. Today some 90.7 million acres in national parks, forests, wildlife refuges, and BLM lands have been protected by Congress as wilderness areas. At Week's End commemorates this anniversary and celebrates New Mexico's wilderness lands. Guests: Stewart Udall; Former Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Senator Pete Domenici (R NM) Producer: Dale Kruzic V.B. Price: Preserving the World V.B. Price comments on New Mexico's vast open spaces and their contribution to our quality of life. Guest: V.B. Price; Columnist, The Albuquerque Tribune Producer: Michael Kamins
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KNME-TV (Television station : Albuquerque, N.M.)
Subjects
public broadcasting, AAPB, Wilderness Act, Stewart Udall, Pete Domenici, V.B. Price, Neil Boggs, Aldo Leopold, Clinton P. Anderson, Lyndon B. Johnson, KNME, U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, Gila Wilderness, New Mexico, wilderness preservation, public lands, water rights, grazing rights
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