HOUSE MEMORIAL 11

47th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2006

INTRODUCED BY

Al Park

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 the works progress administration's civilian conservation corps be recognized for its contribution to the recreational resources, the beauty and the people of New Mexico.