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Responses
Received From
Office
of Cultural Affairs
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
House Joint Memorial
39 requests the Bureau of Land Management and the National Park Service to
designate the El Camino Real International Heritage Center as the official
center for the interpretation and enhancement of El Camino Real National
Historic Trail.
This memorial also
directs copies of the memorial be sent to the New Mexico Congressional
Delegation, the Secretary of Interior, the Bureau of Land Management, the
National Park Service and the El Camino Real International Heritage Center.
Significant
Issues
As the Office of Cultural Affairs indicates, the Bureau of
Land Management and the National Park Service are designated co-managers of the
Historic Trail and are jointly developing the management plan. Planning for the
El Camino Real National Historic Trail is nearing completion and the draft
General Management Plan developed for the Trail does not recognize the
State Office of Cultural Affairs, as an official center for the interpretation of the Trail. The reason for not designating an official center to interpret the historic trail is a matter of policy with the National Park Service. The Bureau of Land Management does not have a similar policy.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
There is no State appropriation associated with this memorial. The Office of Cultural Affairs indicates federal funding support for the operation of the Center would result from the designation.
ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS
Since the Bureau of Land Management and the
OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES
The Office of Cultural Affairs indicates that given the status of the General Management Plan for the Historic Trail, time is of the essence in requesting that the International Heritage Center, a New Mexico State Monument, be designated the official Center for the Trail.
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