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<br />^. <br /> <br />~. <br />" <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />!~:9IIJl..!:L.0. <br /> <br />NANi\GEMI:WI' <br /> <br />HEXIC1\N CU'l' / G1\.LEN1\ NOUNl'AIl~ Im:mAHCH PHESEHVE <br /> <br />p O~'J c X ._{\.!'!.!2-_GO _:\l.!~ <br /> <br />/lC!xican 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 11...1S '-'limillilted most traces of l1ulI\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, ilnd 4) tho easo of lTIanagomcnt to prevent encroachment <br />I' J:'()m I\t'1911))orin<] arL'as. 'l'NC is the owner and HI'll:lI~ has the reSpon- <br />sibility of caretaker institution. 'l'he basic m.IBI. policy has been <br />to util.ize Mexican Cut as a rc.seal.'ch pn,sorve as i",olated from human <br />impact as possible. Such isolaLed habitaLs are very rare in the <br />modern worl d n f: h i(Jh humau dons i ty, inc.Lccwed r.ccrcation dcmunds <br />which includ(~ w.l1dern(~ss campin'1, li\n<.l deve;,lol'lllc'nt., mining, <br />'11',:.,/:LII<I, and ,;t:ll.p-contl.L)11l'cl (i.IJh ";l.ockiJl<j. ()V('l' the last t.on <br />'yc~rs, . the major impa.ct on r,10xican Cut", ecosYfJh:nil has stemmr..:!d from <br />t'hl.'.' l:c~::;Qat'ch dctiv.it:l(,}::i Lh(Jmselv(~~;:. Such cff(1CtS can never be <br />c1.LllliJ\;lt'l~d unt..iI b.i.oloqist.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.'ll:ional Clcl:ivi.t:ieB, <br />Illalutain t.ho area dS isolated os possible frOtH oxternal i.nflucJlc(!B, <br />;11\<.1 to foster basic research of tho hiqhnst qua.1 i.ty. Hexican Cul, <br />.i.ll th i ,.; WilY, "lIt con L1: ibute to the ba sic core (l [ hUfililn knowhHlqn <br />of Tlil t:.urdl QCOi..Yf;t('IllH and pl~ov.Ldc a l)aui~.; by whi.ch to Jll<1tlSUrC 1Il~\1l1 ~;} <br />:i.miJ.1ct on b.ls envir.o1\n\ent. . <br /> <br />On August 8, 19'11, RlllJL Board of 'l'rustees formally a[>pointed a <br />Hexic~u Cut Coordinator t.o handle all matters concerning tbe <br />J1C Hescarch PJ:eserve as follows: <br /> <br />1) Coordini.\to all research projects in !<lexicall CuI; to prevent: <br />UlllllOccssilry con E.U.c t 0 f in Leres ts and improl'L~r or potentiiilJ.y <br />d(,~~;t.l-llctivlJ 0xpl.-jriments, <br /> <br />~?) l\ct.: a~:; \:1 clcc.U'..i.nq-houue for all nClW propo,God projecl:~'.j after <br />cOn~.iUltilt.J()n with Llho diH'ctor, <:Ind the other reseaL.chers <br />committed to thc~ nr.(~~l, <br /> <br />J) Or<jani2c a \veekly meeting of r.Jexican Cut .(osoarchers fo.1:' fl:OO <br />c~xchanqQ of ideas, <br /> <br />4) Co] lect }Jubl.icaI:Jons which rosult from re[;("l1'(:11 in tho ar()u and <br />tranf;mit titles .to the President of the llo<1rd of '!'I:m;t..(,OU, and <br />reprinL" 1:0 the direcLol:, librarian, and chainnan of tho <br />Natunll l\rei'l:'3 Committee, <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;) Con;:ult wHh and inform t.he cha:i.nui1n of the N<:Itural 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 />