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<br />^. <br /> <br />~. <br />" <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />!~:9IIJlLL.0. <br /> <br />NANI\GEMI:WI' <br /> <br />HEXIC1\N CU'l' / G1\.LEN1\ NOUNl'AIl~ Im:mAHCH PHESEHVE <br /> <br />PO~'J CX._{l.!~_GO_:\l.!~ <br /> <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. . <br /> <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: <br /> <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, <br /> <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, <br /> <br />J) Or<jani2c a \veekly mecting of r.Jexican Cut .(csoarchers fo,t' fl:OO <br />c~xchanqQ of ideas, <br /> <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, <br /> <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, <br /> <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 <br />