0001| SENATE MEMORIAL 4
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0002| 43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998
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0003| INTRODUCED BY
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0004| PATRICK H. LYONS
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0010| A MEMORIAL
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0011| REQUESTING THAT THE STATE LAND OFFICE CONDUCT STUDIES ON THE
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0012| FEASIBILITY OF ACQUISITION AND MANAGEMENT OF EAGLE NEST LAKE
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0013| FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT AND USE.
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0015| WHEREAS, Eagle Nest lake was constructed in 1918 in the
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0016| scenic Moreno valley of northern New Mexico by the owner, the
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0017| Charles Springer cattle company; and
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0018| WHEREAS, Eagle Nest lake has been leased by the state
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0019| game commission for public fishing at various times in the
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0020| past and the commission presently leases the lake for such
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0021| purposes, such lease to expire in the year 2000; and
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0022| WHEREAS, Eagle Nest lake is one of the most productive
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0023| trout fisheries in the United States and is the most
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0024| productive large cold-water lake fishery in the state; and
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0025| WHEREAS, Eagle Nest lake attracts over sixty-two thousand
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0001| fishermen annually who catch over one hundred eighty thousand
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0002| fish per year; and
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0003| WHEREAS, public use of Eagle Nest lake provides
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0004| tremendous economic benefits to Eagle Nest, Angel Fire and
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0005| Taos, to Colfax and Taos counties and to the state; and
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0006| WHEREAS, the owners of Eagle Nest lake have expressed a
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0007| willingness to discuss options for the state to acquire long-
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0008| term management of the lake and surrounding property,
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0009| including long-term lease, purchase, land exchange or other
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0010| means, so that it will remain in public use and in a pristine
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0011| condition in perpetuity;
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0012| NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE
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0013| OF NEW MEXICO that the state land office be requested to
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0014| conduct studies to determine the feasibility of acquiring
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0015| Eagle Nest lake and the surrounding property for public use to
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0016| include appraisal, land description and economic analysis of
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0017| the property and identification of possible other properties
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0018| available for exchange, if any; and
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0019| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the general services
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0020| department, the tourism department, the communities of Eagle
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0021| Nest, Angel Fire, Taos, Red River and Taos Ski Valley, and the
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0022| C. S. Ranch cooperate with the state land office in its
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0023| studies; and
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0024| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the state land office report
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0025| its findings and recommendations to the legislature by
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0001| December 1, 1998; and
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0002| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0003| transmitted to the commissioner of public lands for
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0004| distribution to interested parties.
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