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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0014|     
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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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