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	Mesa
		Mesa is the third-largest city in the state of Arizona and is located within one of the fastest-growing metropolitan areas in the United States.
		Mesa is a city emerging as a leader; evolving higher living standards and energizing the economy.
		Falcon Field was closed at the conclusion of the war and turned over to the city of Mesa, which converted it to a municipal airport.
	www.guidebookamerica.com /gb/az/mesa/index.htm (2040 words)

	Forest Guardians - Endangered Species - Issue - Aplomado Falcon
		A subspecies of the wider-ranging aplomado falcon, the northern aplomado falcon historically occupied southeastern Arizona, southern New Mexico, and western and southern Texas.
		The falcon’s decline is a bellwether of the massive degradation of the flora and fauna of the Chihuahuan Desert by careless human actions.
		The recovery of the falcon requires large-scale protection and restoration of large tracks of undisturbed fl grama grasslands dotted with tall soaptree yucca and abundant bird and insect prey in the Chihuahuan Desert.
	www.fguardians.org /es/issue_aplomado-falcon.asp (385 words)

	Falcon - Where a Holloywood Contact helped win a war (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		To them, of course, Falcon was the most important pair of runways in the world, site of the eternal drama of the making of a pilot.
		But because Falcon came into being in a uniquely American way, because it continues to defy the fate of many World War II military airfields by stubbornly resisting being plowed under to make way for yet another Levittown or shopping mall, its extraordinary story makes it import beyond the misty edges of nostalgia.
		The training program at Falcon was the same length of time as the American program, but the American cadets who trained there were taught under the British syllabus.
	www.cityofmesa.org /airport/falconhollywood.asp (1539 words)

	Mail Tribune - Rare falcons find a home - November 24, 2006
		Eleven captive-bred falcons were released on the Armendaris Ranch in New Mexico in August as part of a plan by the nonprofit Peregrine Fund, Ted Turner’s Endangered Species Fund and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to restore the birds to their historic range.
		Eleven captive-bred falcons were released on the Armendaris in August as part of a plan by the nonprofit Peregrine Fund, Turner's Endangered Species Fund and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to restore the birds to their historic range.
		The falcons, born in captivity at the Peregrine Fund's breeding facility in Idaho, were released under a special provision of the Endangered Species Act.
	www.mailtribune.com /archive/2006/1124/life/stories/falcon_release.htm (1275 words)

	Falcon Field Beginnings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Twenty-three cadets are buried in Mesa Cemetery testifying to the ultimate sacrifice some were called upon to make." One of the first was caused in a "go around" when the student raised the flaps instead of the gear.
		Landing at Falcon with torn fabric and broken wing ribs, he was asked to explain why he had done it.
		Ironically, some of the later British pilots, because of the diminishing needs of the RAF toward the end of the war, were assigned as glider pilots in the operation "Crossing of the Rhine." Several were killed in their first effort against the enemy.
	www.cityofmesa.org /airport/falconfieldbeginnings.asp (5936 words)

	New Mexico Attorney General Patricia Madrid: Otero Mesa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Otero Mesa is found in the southern region of New Mexico and includes a large portion of the Chihuahuan Desert.
		While Otero Mesa is home to extensive ecological resources, it is extraordinarily rich in cultural, historic, and archaeological resources.
		Otero Mesa is home to tens of thousands of archaeological sites that have yet to be located, inventoried, and studied.
	www.ago.state.nm.us /divs/weu/otero_mesa/otero_mesa.htm (510 words)

	Coalition for Otero Mesa :: Wildlife :: Mountain Plover
		Mountain Plovers are not known to nest on Otero Mesa but they do nest to the south in adjacent Texas and have nested in the Roswell, NM area.
		The importance of Otero Mesa to this species is its use as a passage area but also perhaps rarely as a wintering site.
		As Otero Mesa is one of the largest expanses of native grassland left, the mesa may be the single most important resting area during migration left for the declining Prairie Ghost.
	www.oteromesa.org /plover.htm (371 words)

	Falcon Mesa, TX Houses, Apartments, Cars, Mortgage Status, and Residents Info
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		Median gross rent in Falcon Mesa, TX in 2000: $275
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	www.city-data.com /housing/houses-Falcon-Mesa-Texas.html (378 words)

	Northern Aplomado falcons to be released in southern New Mexico \| www.azstarnet.com ®
		The falcons would be released for 10 or more years until a self-sustaining population is established, the agency said Wednesday.
		The Peregrine Fund of Boise, Idaho, which is breeding the falcons, would handle the falcon releases in southern New Mexico and most of the costs.
		Environmentalists have said the falcon's habitat is threatened by livestock grazing, military operations in southern New Mexico, pesticides, hunting, electrocution and depletion of the bird's prey.
	www.azstarnet.com /sn/printDS/60820 (663 words)

	The Daily Falcon
		Having recruited a significant number of graduates from Texas colleges and universities, we are well aware of the tremendous contribution being made by educational institutions across the state to the health, wellbeing and lives of all Texans," said Rex Tillerson, chairman and chief executive officer of ExxonMobil.
		Some of the best scientists in Texas are focusing on nanotechnology – the science of using atoms and molecules to create new and different materials for medicine and industry.
		of The University of Texas of the Permian Basin.
	www.utpb.edu /pubinfo/DalFalApril18.htm (1358 words)

	Coalition for Otero Mesa :: Aplomado Falcon
		The Aplomado Falcon, Sentinel of a Vanishing Grassland
		The reason for this rapid and sudden decline is uncertain but several experts have thought it was related to the collapse of their prey base during the winter, primarily grassland nesting species that wintered in huge numbers from southeast Arizona to south Texas.
		Among birds, there is no better symbol for Otero Mesa than the Aplomado Falcon, a beautiful yet poorly know species that typifies the decline of grassland species and our attempts to correct that.
	www.oteromesa.org /falcon.htm (397 words)

	Falcon Field Area Alliance
		Falcon Field Airport is owned and operated by the City of Mesa.
		The Falcon Field Airport is the third largest in Arizona and is one of the top ten general aviation airports in the United States.
		Williams Gateway Airport in Mesa is governed by an airport authority and has been designated as a reliever to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, but also serves a variety of aircraft including corporate, cargo, general aviation and military.
	www.falconfieldarea.org /ffbd_market_access.html (359 words)

	Western Business Roundtable: Energy development clashes with rare falcon in New Mexico (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The 1.2 million-acre Greater Otero Mesa area, blanketed by the largest Chihuahuan Desert grassland in North America, is thought to hold one of the largest untapped reserves of natural gas in the West.
		The falcon was listed as an endangered species in 1986, due to habitat destruction from overgrazing and pesticide contamination.
		Since no falcons have been documented where oil and gas development has occurred in the past, the actual effect on the species is unknown, he said.
	www.westernroundtable.com /news/article.asp?id=840 (1251 words)

	Zapata County, Texas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Zapata County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas.
		Zapata is named for Antonio Zapata, a rancher in the area and rebel against Mexico.
		Zapata County is estimated to be the eleventh fastest growing county (+15.8%) in the state of Texas since the year 2000 (based on % of population change).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Zapata_County,_Texas (498 words)

	Anzio Landing – Falcon Field, Mesa, AZ
		The restaurant is just south of the approach end of runway 22L on the east field boundary, and is easily accessible via its own taxiway, leading to the large lighted tie down area directly in front of the dining room.
		Mesa’s Falcon Field began in 1941 as a British R.A.F. training base, exploiting Arizona’s good weather and wide open spaces.
		Falcon Field’s Anzio Landing was opened in 1989 by Rex and Marry Ellen Griswold, who continue as the restaurant’s owners and hosts today.
	www.swaviator.com /html/issueMA02/Anzio3402.html (1199 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online:
		The legislative history of the park began in 1933, when the Texas legislature inaugurated Texas Canyons State Park on fifteen sections of land in the vicinity of Santa Elena, Mariscal, and Boquillas canyons on the Rio Grande in southern Brewster County.
		The NPS regarded Big Bend as "decidedly the outstanding scenic area of Texas." President Franklin D. Roosevelt took a personal interest in Big Bend because of a proposed international, or companion, park in Mexico (still being discussed decades later).
		The Handbook of Texas Online is a joint project of The General Libraries at the University of Texas at Austin and the Texas State Historical Association.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/BB/gkb2.html (1115 words)

	Southwest Environmental Center
		A portion of the mesa is on Fort Bliss.
		Otero Mesa is connected ecologically with grasslands to the south in Texas and Chihuahua, that together comprise a major habitat complex
		The U.S. Fish and wildlife Service has stated that Otero Mesa would provide “essential habitat for the recovery of the [aplomado] falcon in the southwestern United States, and recommended that it be protected as an Area of Critical Concern.
	www.wildmesquite.org /otero/factSheet.htm (909 words)

	NRDC: Last-Chance Outdoor Adventures in the West - New Mexico
		Otero Mesa is home to coyotes, fl-tailed prairie dogs, pronghorn antelope and mule deer, along with threatened and endangered songbirds that nest in its shrubs and grasses.
		Raw and lonely Otero Mesa is a magnet for hunters, hikers and backcountry explorers of all stripes.
		Burrowing owls, golden eagles, Swainson's hawks, prairie falcons and American kestrels can be found here, and the endangered Aplomado falcon has been spotted on occasion in recent years thanks to reintroduction efforts in Texas.
	www.nrdc.org /land/use/west/nm.asp (531 words)

	Operation FALCON - SourceWatch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Operation FALCON III was carried out in a week-long swing from October 22 to 28, 2006, involving "3,000-plus officers and agents" on the East Coast in "24 states east of the Mississippi River", the Department of Justice reported.
		Operation FALCON II Operation FALCON II, carried out the week of April 17-23, 2006, was a "nationwide dragnet" "conducted in 27 states mostly west of the Mississippi River, and the territories of Guam and Northern Mariana Islands" "timed to coincide with National Victims Rights Week", with the focus on sex offenders.
		Through Operation FALCON ('Federal And Local Cops Organized Nationally'), which was conducted April 4–10, 2005, Deputy U.S. Marshals and their law enforcement partners arrested a total of 10,340 fugitives and cleared more than 13,800 felony warrants.
	www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Operation_FALCON (3583 words)

	Otero Mesa
		Otero Mesa - a vast, largely undeveloped area located in southern Otero County - is bordered by McGregor Military Reservation to the west, the Sacramento Mountains to the north, the Guadalupe Mountains to the east, and the Texas state line to the south.
		Otero Mesa is a large, relatively undisturbed tract of open grassland.
		The mesa is important for breeding Burrowing Owl and has potential habitat for Aplomado Falcon and Mountain Plover.
	www.audubon.org /chapter/nm/nm/rdac/iba/ibawriteups/oteromesa.html (338 words)

	RSVPair: Airport - Falcon Field Mesa, AZ (KFFZ / FFZ)
		Mesa is one of the nation’s fastest-growing cities.
		Modern Mesa was founded by Mormon pioneers and its population is still roughly one-fourth Mormon.
		When you need rapid access to the Mesa, Las Vegas, Scottsdale, Phoenix or any aiport in the US, consider West Jet Aircraft, one of the region’s most flexible and nimble air carriers.
	www.rsvpair.com /findAirport/icao/KFFZ.html (217 words)

	Ah, Wilderness! » Rare Falcon Spotted On Otero Mesa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		SANTA FEâ” An endangered northern aplomado falcon has been spotted on Otero Mesa in the southern part of the state, according to an environmental group trying to stop plans for oil and gas drilling in the area.
		Forest Guardians reported last week that a young falcon was seen about two miles from where a pair of falcons was spotted in August.
		Environmental groups have said the falcon is being threatened by oil and gas drilling in its habitatâ” including Otero Mesa, site of a challenged Bureau of Land Management plan for drilling.
	www.mjhinton.com /wild/?p=43 (238 words)

	Log 1- Arizona, New Mexico, Texas
		Not a cloud in the sky here but a call to flight service brings the surprising news that from Midland Texas eastward it is all instrument flying conditions with ceilings at 100' to 1,000' and visibilities between 1 mile and only a 1/4 mile.
		The first part of the trip is over flat West Texas but then I climb up to pass a gently rising ridge after which the land is lower.
		Terrell, Texas to Idabel, Oklahoma to Texarkana, Arkansas to Vivian, Louisiana to Marshall, Texas.
	www.gyroamerica.com /log_1_arizona,_new_mexico,_texas.htm (6815 words)

	Forest Guardians - Deserts and Grasslands - Issue - Otero Mesa
		The landscape of Otero Mesa includes unique low-elevation mountains, mesas, hills, and canyons; ancient lava flows, craters, and cinder cones; and freshwater, streams, and springs.
		Otero Mesa is not currently designated as Wilderness.
		The Chihuahuan Desert extends southward from New Mexico, Texas and Arizona into the Mexican Plateau and covers an area of 250,000 square miles.
	www.fguardians.org /dg/issue_otero-mesa.asp (345 words)

	Big Bend Geology
		The University of Texas at Austin the University of Texas Libraries
		Big Bend National Park was established in 1944 in the the southernmost part of Brewster County, Texas after a long struggle at the local, state, and federal level.
		Igneous Petrology and Strontium Isotope Geochemistry of the Christmas Mountains, Brewster County, Texas.
	www.lib.utexas.edu /geo/bigbendgeology.html (1155 words)

	Las Vegas SUN: Forest Guardians Report Falcon Sighting
		SANTA FE (AP) - An endangered northern aplomado falcon has been spotted on Otero Mesa in southern New Mexico, according to an environmental group that has been trying to stop plans for oil and gas drilling in the area.
		Forest Guardians reported Wednesday that a young falcon was seen about two miles from where a pair of falcons was spotted last August.
		The groups have said the falcon is being threatened by oil and gas drilling in its habitat - including Otero Mesa, site of a challenged Bureau of Land Management plan for drilling.
	www.lasvegassun.com /sunbin/stories/tech/2006/apr/27/042709979.html (363 words)

	Amazon.com: Rock Climbing New Mexico and Texas: Books: Dennis Jackson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Rock Climbing New Mexico & Texas is essential for planning your next climbing trip to the Land of Enchantment and the Lone Star State.
		Rock Climbing New Mexico and Texas is the only guide available that covers all the major climbing areas in these two vast states.
		Rock Climbing New Mexico and Texas is essential for planning your next climbing trip to the Land of Enchantment and the Lone Star State.
	www.amazon.com /Rock-Climbing-New-Mexico-Texas/dp/1560444835 (1234 words)

	Too Wild to Drill - Otero Mesa
		Otero Mesa encompasses 1.2 million acres of Chihuahuan Desert grassland between the Hueco and Guadalupe Mountains in eastern New Mexico.
		This expanse of pristine and rugged wildlife habitat – an hour's drive from El Paso, Texas and the U.S.-Mexico border – is home to New Mexico’s healthiest and purest herd of pronghorn; unlike most herds in the state which have required supplemental reintroduction, the Otero Mesa pronghorn thrive in their rich habitat.
		Throughout the process, which will determine how the wilderness, wildlife, and recreational values of the Otero Mesa are managed for the next 20 years, the vast majority of comments to the BLM recommended stronger protections for Otero Mesa’s fragile grasslands.
	www.wilderness.org /WhereWeWork/NewMexico/TWTD-Otero.cfm (1528 words)

	The Rio Grande Valley, RGV, Economy Page
		Up the river, just across Falcon Lake from the Texas town of Zapata, is Guerrero Viejo, or "Old Guerrero," an eerie ghost town where fishermen live amid impressive 19th century sandstone ruins.
		Founded in 1750 as Villa de Revilla de San Ignacio de Loyola, it was flooded in 1953 by the creation of Falcon Dam.
		These are smaller than the famed archeological sites deep in the interior of Mexico, but they are the closest ruins to the Texas border of the early Mexican civilizations.
	www.rgvtexas.com /mexico.htm (1694 words)

	Texas Monthly March 2002: Big Bend 2002
		One is a mile round-trip through flat, brushy terrain from a parking area to the Burro Mesa Pouroff.
		This hike is closed during peregrine falcon nesting season and inadvisable for the rest of the summer because there is no shade.
		A little-known trek to Mesa de Anguila, in the westernmost corner of the park near Lajitas, will reward you with a view into the start of Santa Elena Canyon.
	www.texasmonthly.com /mag/issues/2002-03-01/feature2-3.php (1044 words)

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