44TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SESSION, 1999

SUPPORTING AND ENDORSING THE HUMAN DIMENSION STANDARD OF THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR PUBLIC LAND MANAGEMENT DECISION-MAKING.

WHEREAS, the bureau of land management of the United States department of the interior recently drafted a statewide resource management plan amendment that proposes a human dimension standard for livestock grazing management decisions; and

WHEREAS, the human dimension standard considers economic, cultural, historical and social welfare aspects of permittees, lessees and their communities; and

WHEREAS, this standard will allow the bureau of land management to consider the human dimension as important as endangered species and water quality; and

WHEREAS, agriculture and the ranching industry are vital to the culture, history, social structure and economy of the state and its rural communities;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that it support and endorse the bureau of land management's human dimension standard for public land management decision-making; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be transmitted to the New Mexico congressional delegation, to the secretary of the interior and to the director of the bureau of land management.