What are the values of Wilderness?

• Recreation - Wilderness meets the growing demand for outdoor recreation: hunting, fishing, camping, hiking, watersports, and other activities.



• Watershed Protection - Wilderness areas protect watersheds that provide drinking water to many cities and rural communities.



• Wildlife - Wilderness secures habitat against the threat of logging, mining, drilling and road building for many endangered wildlife species.



• Solitude - Wilderness is a haven from the pressures of our fast-paced, mechanized society. It provides places where we can seek refuge from the noise, haste and crowds of modern life.



• Protection of Cultural Resources - Throughout New Mexico's wildlands there are thousands of reminders of native and colonial cultures in unmarked and yet-undiscovered sites. Wilderness designation keeps these sites intact and prohibits looting and vandalism by unknowing or ill-meaning passers-by.



• May also contain ecological, geological, or other features of scientific, educational, scenic or historical value.

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