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<br />/lexican Cut is a very fr<1<lile ecosystem. It is ideally suited
<br />for basic biolugical rese~rch due to 1) its long-time isolation
<br />which h...1S lllimillilted most traces of hUlI\an intervention, 2) its
<br />physioyraphic orGanization into step-like units at differing
<br />altitudes, ranging from spruce-fir, SUbalpine forest to high
<br />nlpiJ10, 3) its unj.~ue vnri,ntj,on of populations iJ'1 adjncent
<br />hab1tilts, and 4) tho easo of lTIanagomcnt to prevent encroachment
<br />I' n)m I\t'1911))orin<] arL'as. 'l'NC is the owner and HI'llll~ has the reSpon-
<br />sibility of caretaker institution. 'l'he basic HNBI. policy has been
<br />to util.ize Mexican Cut as a rc.search pn,sorve as i",olated from human
<br />impact as possible. Such isolaLed habitats are very rare in the
<br />modern worl d n f: h i(Jh humau dens i ty, .tnc.Lccwed r.ccrcation dcmunds
<br />which includ(~ w.l1dern(~ss campin'1, li\n<.l devc;,lol'llt<:ont, mining,
<br />q1',:',;.: [11<1 , and ,;t:ll.p-cont!'Ll11l'cl (iI31'\ '.;Lockill<j. ()V('l' the last ten
<br />'yc~rs, . the major impa.ct on r.1oxican Cut", ecosYfJh:nil has stemmr..:!d from
<br />t'h,.:.' l:c~::;Qat'ch dctivitl(,}::i Lh(Jmselv(~~;:. Such cff(1CtS can never be
<br />c1.LllliJ\;lt'l~d unt.iI bioloqist.s C;1n wi\lk on air or vmter. '['he
<br />Clll~l(la(; \.JodlH of H~lBL J\\an.a90nl()nt. or .r-lexi.ci\n Cut. ar(~ t;o cont.inuo
<br />e.ffot.t~:; to m.inind~I.I.~ (~f[ccts of research (")J1(l c'dUC"ltional Clctivi.t:ieB,
<br />Illalutain t.ho area dS isolated os possible frOtH oxternal influcJlc(!B,
<br />;11\<.1 to foster basic research of tho hiqhnst '1111\.1 i.ty. Hexican CUl,
<br />i,ll th i ,,; WilY, "lIt con L1: ibute to the ba sic core (l [ human knowhHlqn
<br />of Tlil t:.uJ:-dl QCOi..Yfit('IllH and pl~ov.Ldc a l)aui~.; by whi.ch to Jll<1tlSUrC 1Il~\1l1 ~;}
<br />imiJ.1ct on h.is envir.o1\n\ent. .
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<br />On August 8, 19'11, RlllJL Board of 'l'rustecs formally a[>pointed a
<br />Hexic~u Cut Coordinator to handle all matters concerning the
<br />J1C Hescarch PJ:eserve as follows:
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<br />1) Coordini.\t.o ull research projects in Hcxicall CuI; to prevent:
<br />Ullll.,ccssilry con LU.c t 0 f in teres ts and imprOl'L~r or potentiiilly
<br />d(,~~;t.l-llctivlJ 0xpl.-jriments,
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<br />~?) l\ct.: a~:; tl clcc.U'..i.nq-houue for all OClW propo,God projecl:~'.j after
<br />con~3UltiltJ()n with Ll'l<o diH'ctor, und the ot.her rcseaL'cheL's
<br />committed to thc~ nr.(~~l,
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<br />J) Or<jani2c a \veekly mecting of r.Jexican Cut .(csoarchers fo,t' fl:OO
<br />c~xchanqQ of ideas,
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<br />4) Co] lect publ.icaLJons which rosult from re[;("ln:11 in tho ar()u and
<br />tranf;mit titles .to the President of the llo<1rd of '!'nuit.,(,OU, and
<br />reprinL" Lo the di.rectol:, librarian, and chainnan of tho
<br />Na tlll'ul IIrea:'3 Commit tee,
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<br />5) thxlii'lte necessnry ex~)cndit.u'los w-i th tho d,i..r...~ctor and tJ:(1i13U.t:'Ol:'
<br />of WlllL,
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<br />l;) C'on;:ult wHh ilnd inform the chainui1n of the Natural Areas
<br />Conuni ttou nnd t:he I.ia i~;()11 wi t.h 'i'NC of lldv is':ibJ.o cxpundl tUJ:'QS fl:t,1ll
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