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Santa Fe Watershed Closure Order on the Espanola Ranger District
WHEREAS, bathing, fishing, camping, picnicking, and other forms of human occupancy of the Santa Fe River Watershed in the Santa Fe National Forest, causes pollution of the water flowing therein used by the residents of Santa Fe, New Mexico , for drinking and domestic purposes, to a degree threatening public health;
Alert Start Date: November 3rd, 1932
Alert End Date: N/A
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Associated Documents
Forest Order
NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of Agriculture by the Act of Congress of February 1, 1905 (33 Stat. 628), amendatory of the Act of June 4, 1897 (30 Stat. 11), I, C. F. Marvin, Acting, Secretary of Agriculture, do make and publish the following order for the occupancy, use, protection, and administration of the Santa Fe National Forest:
The following acts are prohibited on lands of the United States within the Santa Fe River Watershed, of the Santa Fe National Forest, New Mexico:
Bathing, fishing, camping, picnicking and other forms of human occupancy, except that:
(a) County, State, Federal, and City of Santa Fe Officials, and Agents and Employees of the New Mexico Power Company may enter and be within said watershed on duties relating to their official positions, or pertaining to the maintenance, servicing, construction. and general operation of reservoirs, conduits, etc., supplying water to the City of Santa Fe.
(b) Special-use permittees now holding permits for lands within said watershed may continue occupancy of such lands, and the right or travel and passage to the sites of areas held under permit is not restricted hereby.
(c) Owners or livestock may enter and be upon said watershed for the time reasonable and necessary to find and remove livestock grazing unlawfully therein.
(d) Owners of private property situated within said watershed shall not be prevented from traveling to and from said property, and the use of said property for all lawful purposes is not affected by this Order.
(e) Necessary travel through and across said watershed on established public roads and trails and other convenient routes in a reasonably expeditious manner is permitted.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 3rd day of November, 1932.