Jeff Bingaman: “I'm pleased to reintroduce today with Senator Domenici a bill we introduced last Congress. The Prehistoric Trackways…”

“I'm pleased to reintroduce today with Senator Domenici a bill we introduced last Congress. The Prehistoric Trackways National Monument Establishment Act would protect a site of worldwide scientific significance in the Robledo Mountains in my State. The bill would create a national monument to preserve and allow for the continuing scientific investigation of this remarkable ``megatracksite'' of 280,000,000 year-old fossils. The Energy Committee held a hearing last year where the Bureau of Land Management testified in support; in addition the bill has the support of the local community. I appreciate Senator Domenici's support on this measure and hope that with the progress we made last Congress we can look forward to moving the bill quickly through the Senate this year. The vast tidal mudflats that made up much of modern New Mexico 60 million years before the dinosaurs preserved the marks of some of the earliest life on our planet to make its way out of the ocean.”