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San Andres NWR is the largest area of protected land for desert bighorns in New Mexico. [5] The South African oryx or Gemsbok, a large desert antelope native to Botswana, Namibia and South Africa, was introduced into White Sands Missile Range in the neighboring Tularosa Basin during 1969, in hopes of attracting big game hunters and increasing ...
This is a list of mountain ranges in the U.S. state of New Mexico, listed alphabetically, and associated landforms. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mountain ranges of New Mexico . This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items .
The biggest and best desert bighorn sheep habitat in New Mexico is in the San Andres Mountains, which can host up to 400 bighorn. [3] An area of 57,215 acres (231.54 km 2 ) in the southern portion of the San Andres Mountain range was set aside in 1941 as the San Andres National Wildlife Refuge [ 4 ] to help preserve the desert bighorn sheep ...
White Sands National Park is a national park of the United States located in New Mexico and completely surrounded by the White Sands Missile Range.The park covers 145,762 acres (227.8 sq mi; 589.9 km 2) in the Tularosa Basin, including the southern 41% of a 275 sq mi (710 km 2) field of white sand dunes composed of gypsum crystals.
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The East African oryx is an endangered species, [8] whereas the gemsbok is not. [9] Gemsbok were introduced in New Mexico by the Department of Game and Fish in the late 1960s and early 1970s as an experiment in offering a unique hunting opportunity to New Mexico residents. Between 1969 and 1973, 95 oryx were released onto White Sands Missile Range.
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