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- ↑ State of New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands
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- ↑ Forests, United States Congress Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks, and (1987). El Malpais National Monument and Big Cypress National Preserve: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks, and Forests of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, One Hundredth Congress, First Session, on S. 56 ... S. 90 ... February 19, 1987. U.S. Government Printing Office.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Humphries, W. R. "Reader View: Dunn's proposal would benefit state's children". Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved 2020-09-30.
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