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SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 13
48
TH LEGISLATURE
- STATE OF NEW MEXICO -
SECOND SESSION
, 2008
INTRODUCED BY
Phil A. Griego and Jeannette O. Wallace
A JOINT MEMORIAL
REQUESTING THAT THE UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE, IN THE STATE
OF NEW MEXICO, ENSURE THAT THE TRADITIONAL, RURAL, CULTURAL AND
RANCHING WAY OF NEW MEXICAN LIFE WILL NOT BE ADVERSELY IMPACTED
BY ITS OWN TRAVEL MANAGEMENT PROPOSAL OF MOTORIZED ROUTES AND
THAT ANY NEW MEXICO NATIONAL FOREST PLANS UNDERGOING REVISION
SHOULD CONTAIN CRITERIA TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE TRADITIONAL
NEW MEXICAN WAY OF LIFE.
WHEREAS, the United States forest service has created the
travel management rule in order to better manage recreational
off-highway vehicle use, describing it as one of the four major
threats facing the national forests today; and
WHEREAS, according to the United States forest service,
recreational off-highway vehicle use can have various adverse
impacts, including: