NEXT MEETING:Thursday, February 11, 2021
7:30 p.m. Location: Online! To Join the Meeting:
Click Here to Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87335731996?pwd=b2pmaThLRFpJazlmVlVlbXo5RVNQZz09 Meeting ID: 873 3573 1996 Passcode: 072114 Or dial by your location +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) Meeting ID: 873 3573 1996 Passcode: 072114 Topic: Protecting the Florida Mountains of Southwestern NM The Florida Mountains are a spectacularly wild and rugged range in southwestern New Mexico, about 15 miles southeast of Deming and 20 miles north of the Mexican border. In March 2019, American Magnesium LLC applied to the Bureau of Land Management to begin mining for dolomite in the foothills of the Florida Mountains. In August of 2020, the BLM issued an environmental assessment favorable to the mine and prepared to allow mining operations to go forward. Environmental organizations including Friends of the Florida Mountains, Amigos Bravos, Gila Resources Information Project, WildEarth Guardians, and New Mexico Wild sued to stop the mine. Last month, the BLM announced that it would withdraw its decision permitting the mine. Attorney Logan Glasenapp from New Mexico Wild will update us on the latest developments in the fight to protect the Florida Mountains. Speaker: Logan Glasenapp, Staff Attorney, New Mexico Wild Logan has called New Mexico home since 2015, when he moved to Albuquerque to pursue his law degree at the University of New Mexico School of Law. Entering law school with a background in grassroots organizing, Logan set his academic and professional sights on environmental law and policy, securing a position on the editorial board of the Natural Resources Journal and internships with the New Mexico Environment Department, the Environmental Protection Agency, and several environmental and conservation organizations. Logan completed his law degree in May 2018 and spent a year clerking at the New Mexico Court of Appeals before joining New Mexico Wild as Staff Attorney. 
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