Mike, Is BLM nuts or what??? They already have a standing Cooperative Management Agreement (CMA) between the BLM Roswell office and the FSCSG. Are they now throwing this agreement out the window and opening it up for everyone to bid on? You could end up with the FSCSG having no say whatsoever over what happens in the cave. Take what you already have and modify it to fit your end goals - whatever they may be. I wrote the CMA so if you need help modifying it let me know and I will re-write it. What is some whacko group like the lawyers in Arizona get involved? They could tie you up in litigation for years and achieve their goals of getting the cave closed. Also any new agreement may be in violation of the BLM/SWR Cooperative Management Agreement. Ken
Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass - It's about dancing in the rain. > From: [email protected] > Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2011 18:20:40 -0600 > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [SWR] BLM issues proposal for managing Fort Stanton cave system > > It may be on the BLM NM website by now - check http://www.nm.blm.gov > > If it's not there, click on the map there - on Roswell - and see if it comes > up on the Pecos District or Roswell Field Office websites. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lee H. Skinner" [[email protected]] > Sent: 04/22/2011 03:13 PM CST > To: nmcaver list <[email protected]> > Subject: [SWR] BLM issues proposal for managing Fort Stanton cave system > > > > (From a Columbus, Indiana newspaper.) See: > > http://tinyurl.com/3mekahk > > ROSWELL, N.M. — The Bureau of Land Management has issued a proposal for > managing a southern New Mexico cave system that includes what is > believed to be the longest continuous mineral cave decoration in the world. > > Fort Stanton Cave is home to Snowy River, a formation of white crystals > that stretches for miles. > > When Snowy River was first discovered in 2001, scientists believed it > was hundreds of years old. Since then, water has been recorded flowing > through the passage, leading scientists to believe that thin layers of > calcite are deposited with each flow. > > Fort Stanton and Snowy River are part of a national conservation area. > > BLM officials say the proposal will provide the framework for managing > the area's subsurface and surface resources. > > The public has until June 9 to comment on the plan. > > > Is this proposal online? If so, where? - Lee Skinner > > > > _______________________________________________ > SWR mailing list > [email protected] > http://caver.net/mailman/listinfo/swr_caver.net > > _______________________________________________ > SWR mailing list > [email protected] > http://caver.net/mailman/listinfo/swr_caver.net
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