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A MEMORIAL
RECOGNIZING THE WORK OF THE CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS IN NEW
MEXICO.
WHEREAS, the establishment of the civilian conservation
corps was a significant new deal program that stimulated local
economies and provided jobs for many unemployed Americans
during the great depression; and
WHEREAS, the civilian conservation corps had a major
presence in New Mexico, where Governor Clyde Tingley was
instrumental in helping obtain for the state civilian
conservation corps projects and a civilian conservation corps
administrative center; and
WHEREAS, the work of the civilian conservation corps
greatly improved the state's newly created parks system; and
WHEREAS, the work done at Bandelier national monument,
including the construction of thirty-one pueblo-revival-style
buildings and the first road to the monument, led to the
monument's designation as a national historic landmark; and
WHEREAS, other civilian conservation corps project
locations in the state include Rattlesnake Springs, Hyde state
park, Elephant Butte state park, Conchas state park,
Bottomless Lake state park and Santa Fe River park;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the work of