yes, for turkey it was a trespass autho.. They still made money off of it..
There silence speaks volumes and you know it...
I found this interesting release by the federation from a few years ago.
NPS or FS..
? A little background:
Valles Caldera National Preserve was created as part of our National Forest system in 2000 with overwhelming public
support. But to appease anti-public lands sentiments in Congress at the time, an experimental management system was created
that calls for the 89,000-acre tract to be managed by a federal government corporation overseen by political appointees rather
than by professional natural resource agency. The Valles Caldera management system, modeled after The Presidio of San
Francisco, is supposed to raise its own operating revenue by charging fees for hunting, fishing, grazing and other activities.
That has led to ideas such as HB 11, a bill in the Legislature last spring that would have taken 25 percent of bull elk tags in the
preserve out of the public draw and given them to the preserve to sell to the highest bidder ? for well over $10,000 apiece.
? The current management system isn't working:
In Fiscal Year 2008, the preserve raised about $693,000, mainly from fees for hunting, fishing, hiking, bicycling, retail
sales and grazing. Hunting alone accounted for more than half the revenue, nearly $370,000.
In Fiscal Year 2008, the preserve spent $3.7 million ? 17 times more per visitor than Bandelier National Monument.
? The future looks bleak unless preserve management altered:
The preserve has unveiled two possible revenue enhancement plans that call for a dramatic makeover of the Valles
Caldera to meet its mandate to become financially self-sufficient by 2015. One calls for investing more than $50 million in
public and private funds to build a 20-room luxury lodge, a separate mid-priced lodge and restaurant with about 100 rooms,
campground space and an RV park. The second alternative eliminates the lodges and restaurant, which reduces development
costs but provides less revenue. Both plans call for raising funds through the sale of elk tags for $10,000 or more each.
? Congress eyes change in Valles Caldera management:
U.S. Senators Jeff Bingaman and Tom Udall have asked the National Park Service to assess the potential for managing
Valles Caldera in a way that continues hunting and fishing opportunity free for public lands sportsmen. Hunting is allowed in
National Park Service preserves, but the senators say other options also are under consideration, including management by the
U.S. Forest Service or the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
? What you can do:
Contact Senators Bingaman and Udall and voice support for a new management strategy for Valles Caldera National
Preserve, which turns over operations to a professional management agency such as the National Park Service or U.S. Forest
Service, and that continues or expands acess to hunting, fishing, hiking and other recreation on public lands:
Sen. Jeff Bingaman, 703 Hart Senate Office Bldg., Washington, DC 20510, (202) 224-5521,
http://bingaman.senate.gov
Sen. Tom Udall, 110 Hart Senate Office Bldg., Washington, DC 20510, (202) 224-6621,
http://tomudall.senate.gov
