East Mesa Trails (EMT) Who We Are: We (David Boje and Grace Ann Rosile) formed a Limited Liability Corporation (LLC) in New Mexico that leases Public Land from the State Land Office (SLO), a federal department of Department of the Interior, along with Bureau of Land Management (BLM). We had to withdraw the plan, too expensive, too many liabilities


Perhaps someone else can pick up the EMT proposal to SLO and BLM, how Public Land can be put into conservation and recovery.  Donated barbed wire, T-posts, and 1/2 inch metal sheets to make signs (using a plasma cutter).

This is part of presentation to City of Las Cruces Planning and Zoning Commission meeting July 27 2021 Click Here to see the slides

And Click Here for the blog related to the solutions to signage, AR-15 firearm discharges, illegal dumping, illegal off-roading on East Mesa Las Cruces, New Mexico

Some key issues to solve in East Mesa




A few excepts (links are in above slide set)





Click Here for the blog related to the solutions to signage, AR-15 firearm discharges, illegal dumping, illegal off-roading on East Mesa Las Cruces, New Mexico

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SLIDE Show for Meeting with State Land Office and East Mesa Trails on Zoom from May 2021

We had to say no the the lease of this great land. But you may want to do it, and we happily turn the project over to you.

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April 16, 2021 I discovered Billy the Kid's Hideout a short walk from the East Mesa Pond.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sYbjOUjETo 

 My name is David Boje and I am a storytelling researcher. I have one of the only permits to hike the East Mesa public lands. Everyone else without a permit (hunting, or just recreation) is in violation of the law. No matter, no one pays attention to violations.

I discovered it hidden away in the rolling hills of the East Mesa of Las Cruces New Mexico. It is not on any map or trail guide. It is not listed as a Historical Site. Some Bureau of Land Management workers are maintaining it, now and then.

It's a $5,000 fine to vandalize it or destroy the site.  Same amount as on the Billy the Kid poster.

However, the BLM sign is so faded vandals will just say 'sorry did not see the sign.' 
 
Having an historic site for Billy the Kid, that is authenticated by historians and archaeologists would be a huge boost to the tourist economy. The site is a few click from where Pat Garrett was murdered. There are stories all over this place.

 But here is the thing. There is zero enforcement of anti-dumping, anti-vandalism, or other regulations on public land.  Why? Because people just say, did not see any signs, or did not know this was public land, etc. Even the BLM and State Land Office enforcement agents cannot catch vandals. BLM works 9 to 5 and vandals are out after 5PM.  Sheriff does not know the regulations or which agency is in charge of what.  In multi-use policy of Department of Interior, that means all uses are one by one authorized by Congress since 1960, and now so many uses, its just the Tragedy of the Commons. Urbanization means uninformed or uncaring citizens drive their recreation vehicles where they please, and call it 'freedom.' But it's abuse of the land, so the delicate soil is compacted. Then there is the dumping of trash, mattresses, which is being burned, mainly at the old stock pond.

That stock pond is where Pat Garrett watered his horses. So did the Overland Stage Coaches. And it is a few hundred yards from Bill the Kid's hideout, a cave dug by hand, with a chimney pipe out of sight. Some yo you turned the door backward, and took off with the blacksmith forged hinges. Then someone put on some Home Depot hinges, and carved Billy the Kid on the door. Doubt Billy did that. So what would it take to enforce public land policy?

I set up meetings of neighbors, wearing our masks, and met with the agencies involves. They will lease public land to us to preserve and restore it.  But, then we the citizens would pay the government to take care of the land, restore it, put the illegal off-road vehicle trails back to habitat, install barbed wire fence and posts, at our own expense, and pay to have all trash from the liter bugs hauled out. Guess what, that is really expensive. The annual fees of about $1500 (prorated) plus the fencing another $30,000, plus hiring people to maintain the public land is another $40,000 plus, we'd have to call the sheriff, get a judge to enforce trespass, so as to discourage our neighbors from trashing the public lands. But if we ran cattle, though there is nothing to eat and only water during Monsoon season, that would cost a fee of about $1,000 for a dozen cattle, plus putting up the fencing and all the other stuff. And did I mention we'd have to take out insurance, in case some yo yo parked their off road vehicle on the Kid's Hideout and it sent them to the hospital.

I asked all those clubs that claim to be doing things to protect public land, and keep hounding me for donations. Not one of em got back to me. 

What to do?  Declare the place an historic landmark, put a group of citizens who know the history and heritage, and the revenue potential of Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett, and other characters. Then go deeper and see if these site ere stomping grounds of Apaches, and other indigenous peoples.
If you want to know where it is, not going to tell you.  More people that know, without a city, county, federal plan for conserving it, more damage done.

If you want to visit the ephemeral stock pond, and see the burning of the trees, the ripping of branches from the trees, every week, especially, since the inauguration, go to 'East Mesa Trails' and see the maps, and ways citizens and government could do the planning, organizing, networking and create something worth passing along to our great grandchildren.  https://davidboje.com/EMT 

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EMT Purpose: Stop the Mob Burning Trees, Plants, Tires, and Mattresses in PHASE ONE, then in PHASE TWO, the DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR's STATE LAND OFFICE (SLO) leases land parcel to East Mesa Trails to do conservation and restoration, and restricts off-road vehicles, and allows hikers and biking only by permit for $35, paid directly to SLO.



Feb 8 2021 a YouTube I did on Shamanic Drumming For Grandfather Hackberry Tree
Intention: The Tree survives the mob burning trees in East Mesa of New Mexico to the groun, and I have love in my heart, and Surrender to Spirit. Or click here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZLr0B0UHwE

Shamanic Drumming to Save Trees from Mob setting fires, since President Biden's Inauguration.

Hope you enjoy the drumming at the end of the film. It's a way to heal the damage a mob does every week, lighting trees and vegetation on fire. This Shamanic Drumming's to Save the Trees in New Mexico from being burned by Mobs that roam the desert, especially since the eve of President Biden's Inauguration. I filmed the pickup truck and watched him unload wood for a big fire. Over the lat year, plenty of big fires in East Mesa public land. This young man got ready for inaugural event. I ask, how did it all come to this? Yes, I did report first in the rain water stockpond to Sheriff, Codes enforcers of City & County, held several zoom meetings with six officials of State Land Office, & met with caring neighbors. But the urban cowboy/cowgirl mob has plenty of automative rifles and shotguns, and are heavy drinkers. Neighbors are scared. An adult had their young boy firing an automatic rifle at a neighbor-lady, out for a stroll on public land. She felt the bullet whiz moving the air by her left ear. 'Please stop.' but he man growled, waved his gun then cussed her out. His idea of Freedom and Multi-Use (agency regulations differ). What is happening to Nature, buring it down, just goes against every law of the land and all laws of Nature. City, County, and State Codes officers can't do anything because the Mob has look-outs that can see a car coming a mile away. Can't catch em the act. The freedom-burning mob scatters on motorcycles, off-road-vehicles, and pickup trucks. Codes officers did some investigating, and came to talk with me. They deduce there is business going on, some kind of business that clears out houses and apartments for a fee after someone passes or moves. Then instead of landfill fees, come to the East Mesa and dump it for free, burn it up, and have a boozing good time shooting bottles with semi-automatic rifles and pistols. I had been cleaning up the pond the last 2 years, and had it pristine. Then came COVID-epidemic, and the mob won its freedom. Before you ask, yes I have a $35 a year recreation use permit, but doubt even one other neighbor has one walk or jog or bicycle. The mob has been spinning doughnuts in front of our home with their souped up vehicles and smashing in our mailbox with bats, and yelling at me, "F-U Old Man!" Let us transmute their hate, into loving, and hear what Gaia is saying. Deb Haaland is President Biden's, pick for Secretary of the Interior, citizen of the Pueblo of Laguna Native American tribe of New Mexico and serves on the House Natural Resources Committee. Help! I do a shamanic drumming every morning before the mob gets out of bed, before they burn more and more trees on public land.. I have been to the pond when they are assembled, filmed vehicles and license plates. No response from any agency. If USA was serious about caring for Nature... This is un-leased STATE LAND OFFICE public parcel (about 200 acres) and can be leased for about $750 the first year (graduated more each year to double that the 5th years of 5 year lease) for an awesome recreational use permit. But un-leased land that it is, has different codes, and every agency pointing fingers. If you graze cattle, its subsidized lease, and costs far less. If you are a developer, you wait till the land is destroyed by the mob, & pick it up cheap. I asked Sierra Club to lease, and Conservation groups, and not a single reply. I invited neighbors to lease. People too scared. Side, they're neighbors. So please reach out with a Heart of Love to the Mob folks, and be caring, they don't know any better. Adults selling drugs, teens out of high school due to COVID-19, you know these people are depressed, looking for that Wild West they heard about.These are families doing their multi-use thing, burning America to the ground. Most think it is BLM parcel, and it's not. Codes people are understaffed, the sheriff is busy with other affairs.. Come take a walk on the wild side. Invite your Senators to carve out some cash to restore the East Mesa of Las Cruces, New Mexico. Senate (03/09/2020) Great American Outdoors Act establishes the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund to support deferred maintenance projects on federal lands. How about some help? See details at https://davidboje.com/EMT​. My wife and I are in our 70s, too old to get shot up doing good conservation, planting trees, returning the trees to the land, and so on. All I can do is call on Grandfather Hackberry Tree, and Mother Nature to take care of Nature. Go be a witness. Take a photo of the Mob, here is how to get there https://davidboje.com/EMT/EMT%20map%2...​ more at https://davidboje.com/EMT​. I'm David Boje, Ph.D. author of 27 books & 140 journal articles, and looking for a clue on how to meditate with love in my heart for Grandfather Hackberry Tree, who has a canopy of caring for everyone. If you have a way to help, let me know https://davidboje.com/vita​ has my info

 

SUMMARY:  BEFORE the Inauguration, there was burning of furniture, pallets and tires about every week during the COVID-19 pandemic 202021. On Inauguration Day Jan 20 2021, The above BEING of something new, pouring gasoline on trees on Trees on the DOI-State Land Office (SLO) land to have bonfires. The BECOMING of somthing other that caring for tree and plant life and soil has begun to be regular.  My BET on the Future, is SLO will see more of this mob action on its land, despite 17 regulations against it. BENEATH the concept of 'multi-use' mobs gather with American Flags, in name of 'freedom' and break the regulations of DOE/SLO. There is the supply chain of BETWEEN the producers and consumers, supplying what is happening (off road recreation vehicle industry, the beer, wine and liquor consumed, the semi-automatics and shotgun industry supply the mob, the gasoline industry supplying the fuel, etc.). BEYOND our 5 senses, is a 6th sense of how to behave on public lands. City, County, State, and Federal agencies are unable to enforce the regulations and laws, so its mob rule on East Mesa, east of Las Cruces, New Mexico.

We have a plan to solve the problem. We need your help.

PHASE ONE: The DOI-State Land Office (SLO) acts to fulfill its obligation to enforce its own regulations, and puts in the fencing and signs and gets the Sheriff Office and Codes Enforcers to implement fines of the Mob that is destroying East Mesa land, and terrorizing the neighbors from being involved there, in the Green Area of the SLO Map above

Parcel r0219360 is owned by State Land Office 
https://gis.donaanacounty.org/parcels/

Commissioner Garcia Richard is tasked with overseeing 9 million surface acres and 13 million mineral acres. https://www.nmstatelands.org
District Resource Manager of State Land Office is Michael Quintana,  MQuintana@slo.state.nm.us , (mobile) 575-644-0673 oversees one million acres in New Mexico, including the parcel above 

Deb Haaland: Biden's Secretary of the Interior nominee:  She is a citizen of the Pueblo of Laguna Native American tribe  of New Mexico and serves on the House Natural Resources Committee. 

According to SLO regulations and permits, 17 activities are absolutely PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES on this parcel:

1. disturbing, harassing, injuring, destroying wildlife, livestock, or any other animal life;
   
2. disturbing, dislodging, damaging, destroying or removing native plants, standing timber wood products, flowers, growing crops, or any other plant life other than pinon nuts gathered non-commercially
3. 3. disturbing, dislodging, damaging, destroying or removing historical, archaeological, paleontological or cultural sites, or artifacts;
   
4. disturbing, dislodging, defacing, damaging or destroying any improvement, fixture, item, object, or thing placed or located in, under, or upon the land;
   
5. crossing lands not open to recreational access, without permission, to gain access to state trust lands that are open to recreational access;
   
6. conducting off-road vehicle activities;
   
7. bringing unrestrained (unleashed) animals on state trust lands;
   
8. discarding refuse, waste, or litter of any kind;
   
9. building open fires, igniting fireworks, or conducting any other activity that increases the risk of range, brush, or forest fires;
   
10. conducting any type of commercial operations;
    
11. discharging firearms, camping overnight, opening (without closing) gates;
    
12. bringing onto state trust lands or consuming thereon any type of alcoholic beverage;
    
13. violating any applicable law, statute, regulation, ordinance, or rule enacted by a governmental entity;
    
14.  fishing, trapping, or hunting without a valid New Mexico license;
    
15. mineral exploration, development, or mining, or collecting valuable rocks or minerals;
    
16.  interfering with the authorized activities of other land users; or,
    
17.  entering, climbing, or accessing in any way structures, buildings, fixtures or improvements other than fences located on state trust land.
    

A Use Permit can be purchased for $35 a year. Permittee acknowledges that Permittee and those to accompany the Permittee are aware of the terms and conditions as set forth herein and agree to abide by them.  See STATE LAND OFFICE Recreational Access Permit.

There is currently no enforcement of any of the 17 State Land Office (SLO) regulations

I have a $35 SLO recreation use permit. As far as I know, I am the only one who goes onto East Mesa, with said permit.

In Phase One, SLO install signage to alert vehicle owners and hikers that to trespass without a $35 annual permit is a violation of the law. SLO would coordinate the City and County codes enforcement and with Sheriff's Office to insure violators of public land use are prosecuted. Once a cases happen, we believe the illegal dumping and the three to five times a week burning of mattresses, tires, furniture, and lumber would cease.

Dec 14 2020 photo of person and vehicle off loading wood to burn from truck. This photo is typical of photos and videos taken of trespassers onto SLO land in East Mesa. According to SLO's own regulations, conducting off-road vehicle activities, is not permitted.


Dec 14 2020 photo of what was unloaded to be burned
This was reported on No Throw App for Dona Ana County, NM, however given COVIC-19 there are no personnel available for either code enforcement for clean up. Click Here for No Throw App.

Crossing lands not open to recreational access, without permission, to gain access to state trust lands that are open to recreational access;

These photos taken on Jan 20, 2021 (Inauguration Day). As you can see, there is activity weekly, that have become more and more destructive STO East Mesa land section. Four areas of the stock pond are being burned. This is a new development. In last year, through December, illegal dumping materials were being burned. Now the escalation is to actually burn the desert plants and trees themselves.

Photo taken Jan 20, 2021 of burning native plants (see regulation #2)
The escalation of the burning of native plants above photo and next ones, means instead of only hauling in illegal dumping materials, the plants themselves are being dismembered or just burned where they stand.
see Regs #8 and #9: discarding refuse, waste, or litter of any kind; building open fires, igniting fireworks, or conducting any other activity that increases the risk of range, brush, or forest fires;

Photo taken Jan 20, 2021 of burning native plants (see regulation #2)
see Regs #8 and #9: discarding refuse, waste, or litter of any kind; building open fires, igniting fireworks, or conducting any other activity that increases the risk of range, brush, or forest fires;

Photo taken Jan 20, 2021 of burning native plants (see regulation #2)
see Regs #8 and #9: discarding refuse, waste, or litter of any kind; building open fires, igniting fireworks, or conducting any other activity that increases the risk of range, brush, or forest fires;

Photo taken Jan 20, 2021 of burning native plants (see regulation #2)
see Regs #8 and #9: discarding refuse, waste, or litter of any kind; building open fires, igniting fireworks, or conducting any other activity that increases the risk of range, brush, or forest fires;


Photo taken Jan 20, 2021 of burning' see Regs #8 and #9: discarding refuse, waste, or litter of any kind; building open fires, igniting fireworks, or conducting any other activity that increases the risk of range, brush, or forest fires; See regulations `12 and 13: bringing onto state trust lands or consuming thereon any type of alcoholic beverage; violating any applicable law, statute, regulation, ordinance, or rule enacted by a governmental entity
The Sheriff's Office has come to the site, but as there are sentries posted by the trespassers who sit on the bring of the stock pond, they disperse before the Sheriff arrives. Same is true of the City and County Codes Enforcement Officers. They are unable to catch the perpetrators.


In the past I have cleaned up such piles, and hauled the ashes to the landfill station. It takes several days to clean up the broken beer and wine and liquor bottles that have melted into the nails and fasteners of pallets, into mattress springs, and into the melted radial tire metals. It is a toxic site of illegal dumping, illegal alcohol consumption, and the destruction of native plants and trees. There are very few left.

These are photos next (Jan 27 2021) Wednesday:


Jan 27 2021 Mattress, Tire, and branches broken off trees are ready-to-burn


The Burning of Trees in East Mesa, Wed Jan 27, 2021

In sum, given the escalation of the burning of Nature, herself, and the several gatherings a week of off-road vehicles with teen and college age students, and the threat level to my person, as they are shooting as well as carrying shotguns, rifles, and pistols (including automatic weapons), it is no longer safe for owners of East Mesa Trails (EMT) to venture into the site.  These individuals drive past our house on Dunn Drive, and from time to time taunt us, and call us names, and have taken to bashing in our mail box with a bat. Since they drink and carry guns, we see no way to proceed until SLO enforces its regulations, and spends its budget to reclaim the land from the illegal activities.

We therefore that State Land Office use its own funds (collected from those leasing the land nearby for cattle grazing and for oil and gas leases, elsewhere in the State, in order to put up Signs, barbed wire fencing, and barriers to entry in more frequented areas of State Land Office land parcel in east Mesa (see Map above)

PHASE TWO:  Habitat Restoration Project by EMT

After SLO regains control of East Mesa burning and illegal dumping and the daily trespass by off road vehicles onto the land itslef, then and only then, would EMT begin the restoration.

 EMT proposes to initiate a five year lease foster collaboration among many agencies, non-profit, and profit educations in order to preserve and conserve Chihuahuan Desert grasslands and wetlands for wildlife and public multi-use. EMT's purpose is to show how Multi-Use Public Lands can be restored and made accessible to permit holders that act conscientiously, who we call 'Friends of East Mesa Trails.'  We intend to plant 1,000 trees,1,000  schrubs, and 1,000 wildflowers, that invite wildlife to flourish. In Phase Two we renew the 5 year lease, and apply for Leases to adjacent East Masa Public Land.

EMT Mission:

To restore Chihuahuan Desert 'East Mesa' public lands to their natural grassland and wetland state for desert flora, fauna and migrating waterfowl

Friends of East Mesa Trails (EMT): The 'Friends of East Mesa Trails' (EMT) will be able to enjoy walking, hiking, birding, bicycling, and riding their own horses on the trails EMT is home to many species of mamals, plasts, birds, and aquatic life. EMT maintains the fences and gates, picks up any illegal dumping and litter in the green bordered part of the map above. EMT intends to grow Hackberry and Sumac trees being grown on the range of Boje and Rosile, on Dunn Drive and Aldrich (see map above), which EMT will plant along the trails, along with wildflower seeds, indigenous to this area. We began meeting in the community using True Storytelling Circles 26 June 2020 on Zoom, to decide How to Care for Public Lands of East Mesa, Las Cruces & Dona Ana County.


Plans: It will cost EMT approximately $5,000 for the lease, another $20,000 for the signage, fencing and gates, plus 70,000 in payroll for the EMT staff to keep up the grounds and fencing, and signage, etc., about $100,000 for the five year lease is our estimate. All the fee-money goes directly to the State Land Office. EMT intends to install gates, so bicycles, horses, hikers, and birders, may pass, as well as wild animals, but not any motorized vehicles. There is gas Line Road that permits motor vehicle travel from Dunn Road, east to the Las Cruces Dam. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land is located per the map, in lower left corner, and is accessible by motorized vehicles, along gas Line road. The section of Alameda Arroyo and Arroyo Secco will be blocked to moter vehicle assess, and through those gates horse and bicycle rides, birders and hikers may pass, and experience some of the most beautiful sights and sounds in New Mexico.

EMT Alliances: TSI plans to build alliances with several others to restore soil and water quality to the East Mesa. The USDA Natural Resources Convervation Program, Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) has grants we will apply for, and a Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) to build on our EMT conservation and restoration efforts, in order to develp wildlife habitat. 

LAS CRUCES SERVICE CENTER
760 STERN DRIVE
LAS CRUCES, NM 88005

(855) 538-6003
(575) 522-8775 ext 3

  Farm Service Agency
  Natural Resources Conservation Service
  Rural Development
  Conservation District

One of the biggest Water and Soil problems on East Mesa, is the erosion during monsoons. There are some fast growing, indigenous plants and trees that can help.  Currently in the mapped area (see Map), due to people chainsawing fire wood, there is only one surviving Hackberry Tree at the Pond, and one surviving Hackberry located in the large Alameda Arroyo. We therefore are raising seedling trees to transplant along EMT to prevent more erosion, and to return some of the natural beauty to the East Mesa:
This is Last Surviving Hackberry Tree in Alameda Arroyo (has natural place to sit and meditate or rest on trail walk)
There is also one Surviving Hackberry Tree at Pond (see Map)
The rest have been illegally cut down.

For the Seeding, we will also work with:

New Mexico State Forestry Division.

PHASE ONE: We are applying for these seedlings to Plant 1,000 Trees and 1,000 Schrubs in first 5 Years: RUBBER RABBITBRUSH (CHAMISA) Chrysothamnus nauseosus This is a native shrub which grows well on disturbed sites and in alkaline soils. In the fall Chamisa becomes very conspicuous. Its yellow flower clusters brighten up the roadside and other disturbed areas. The foliage and seeds are eaten by browsing animals and rabbits. It has medium calcium carbonate and salinity tolerance. The optimum soil pH is 5.6 to 8.6. It is shade intolerant. The width is between 2 and 4 feet. Pest Problems: Leaf beetle, no other major pests. Suggested Uses: windbreaks, erosion control and reclamation.
LITTLE LEAF SUMAC Rhus microphyllum A native shrub of the desert washes and valleys of New Mexico that has clusters of orange-red berries that provide winter food for many birds and mammals. It is found as far north as Sabinoso in San Miguel county. The leaves turn a beautiful orange-red in the fall. Basket weaving was a common use of sumac branches by Native Americans. It has high calcium carbonate tolerance and low salinity tolerance. The optimum soil pH is 7.0 to 8.5. It is shade intolerant. The width is between 6 and 10 feet. Pest Problems: no major pests. Suggested Uses: erosion control, windbreaks, and slope stabilization.
WESTERN SOAPBERRY This native tree is found in eastern and southern New Mexico. It has white flowers in April and May. Its berries are round and amber colored. They can be used to make soap, buttons and beads for jewelry. However they are not edible as they are toxic to humans. Western soapberry is tolerant of poor soils, has high drought tolerance, grows in part shade to full sun, has high calcium carbonate tolerance, high heat tolerance, is deer resistant, but has no tolerance to salinity. The optimum soil pH is 7.0 to 8.5.It is shade intolerant. It is used in windbreaks and is used for hiding cover by game species and as nesting sites for doves and many songbirds. Pest Problems: none serious Suggested Uses: wildlife habitat, windbreaks

We are also planning to form an alliance agreement with New Mexico Soil and Conservation District:

Dona Ana                           760 Stern Drive, Suite 118, Las Cruces, NM 88005; 575-522-8775 x116

We plan to apply to

New Mexico has a number of conservation and preservation related tax credits that are given for qualifying efforts to preserve or conserve New Mexico’s cultural, agricultural and natural resources.  

See FYI-106 Claiming Business-Related Tax Credits for Individuals and Businesses.

Agricultural Water Conservation - make eligible improvements in irrigation systems or water management methods. Download RPD-41319, Agricultural Water Conservation Tax Credit Claim Form to see the claim form.

Land Conservation Incentives - donate land to private non-profit or public conservation agencies for conservation purposes. Download form RPD-41335, Application for Land Conservation Incentives Credit Instructions to read instructions. Download RPD-41282 Land Conservation Incentives Tax Credit Claim Form to see the claim form. Download RPD-41335, Application for Land Conservation Incentives Credit to see the application. Download RPD-41336, Notice of Transfer of Land Conservation Incentives Credit to see the application. Download RPD-41347, Application for Designation as a Qualified Intermediary to see the transfer form.

New Mexico Water Conservation Alliance (NMWCA) has educational support services.

We propose to enlist the help of New Mexico Land Conservancy.

WATER -Helping ensure that our watersheds remain whole and healthy
WILDLIFE -Helping protect the natural resources that wildlife depend on: water, habitat, and open space for their migratory corridors and flyways.
PROTECTION -New Mexico’s open space for public benefit
Phone: (505) 986-3801
Email: info@nmlandconservancy.org

I have annotated the triangle to re-imagine the usual Triple Bottom Line (3BL) from a Terrestrial Ethics and True Storytelling approach to bringing about habitat restoration of 'East Mesa Trails' where I live. It is something I am considering to present for the Intellectual Shaman presentation I give on December 4th 2020. It extends from the Water conference presentation Sabine Trafimow and I gave on 18 November 2020, on moving from story of separation to story of conjoining. The Triple Bottom Line resituation was presented with Grace Ann Rosile to Kenneth Jorgenson's conference in Aalborg, on Storytelling and Sustainability, on Tuesday 24 November 2020. And Professor Mogens Sparre and I (2020) just published an article on Organizational Development Journal on how to revitalize habitat using a reconstructed Triple Bottom Line approach to participative action research. The image I integrated in today's meditation:



I had a dream Nov 26 2020 AM, about how to approach the East Mesa Trails (EMT) habitat restoration project. It could be a transorganizational development network of many agencies, non-profit organizations, and neighbors bringing about a transformation using a process, Michael Jones (folklore & mythology professor) I call ICEND (Interactive, Communicative, Experiential Network Development). ICEND is something I worked on as a professor at UCLA between 1979 and 1986. ICEND is a process of transformational restoration to habitat cycles, in what Latour calls the 'critical zone' (that Earth's crust, water, and atmosphere where life takes place).  My name 'surrenders to spirit' now means energizing meditation practices to be a change agent for critical zone restoration in New Mexico.


I keep working on it for 40 years, including how Transorganizational Development (TD) is part of a gameboard of so man large system change interventions, that relates the socio-economic, multi-species, and recently the eco-business modelling (see 2020 article Jorgenson & Boje; & chapter by Mohammed & Boje, 2020.. I see it now as something relatable to True Storytelling (Larsen, Boje, & Bruun, 2021, https://true-storytelling.com).

• I - Interactive - Share stories around issues
• C- Communicative - Stories of the collective
• E-Experiential
• N-Network
• D-Development

ICEND goes back to my earliest work in storytelling systems change. It involves three phases of Habitat Restoration of East Mesa Trials, bringing together stakeholder groups.

Subsystem One: Outside Process Consultation Cycle

• I. Diagnosis
• II. Involvement
• III. Active Intervention
• IV. Support
• V. Evaluation

Subsystem Two: Internal Problem Solving & Networking Cycle

• I. Issue Crystallization (issues that bring form community)
• II. Locate Stakeholders
• III. Expanded Stakeholder Involvement
• IV. Search Conferences & Focus Group Intervention
• V. Convene Temporary Organization
• VI. Withdrawal of Temporary Organization (before bureaucracy sets in)
• VII. Assessment & Evaluation

Subsystem Three: Extended Network Involvement Cycle

• I. Issue Perceived More Widely in the Extended Network
• II. Initial Organizational Involvement beyond Temporary Organization
• III. Discovery of Under-employed Resources
• IV. Breakdown of Status Quo Response Patterns (Subsystem II Interventions in Extended Field)
• V. Demand Builds for Greater Organizational Involvement
• VI. Breakdown of Status Quo Responses.

My point is I have been meditating on large system Transorganizational Development (TD) change networking approaches for about 40 years. The three subsystems have to be mapped out (see example).

There are no motorized vehicles allowed (no ATVs, no Motorcylces,  no OHMs, and no UTVs, pickup trucks, or cars) allowed beyond the parking lot.  The 'Friends of EMT' pay $35 a yeart to the New Mexico State Land Office for a recreational use permit. Target shooting is not allowed. Friends of EMT pack out everything they pack in.

How to Obtain a $35 a year Access Permit (all permit money is paid directly to the State Land Office, not to EMT):

• Submit Recreational Access Permit Application Online to State Land Office
  
• Download SLO Recreational Access Permit Application

How does EMT receive donations?
EMPT appreciates donaitons of materials (barbed wire, T-posts, 4 inch square or round pipe for signage and Gates. We also take cash donations (sorry not tax deductible), make them payable to East Mesa Trails, LLC. EMT uses money to pay for the upkeep of the leased lands, mark trials, produce maps, and purchase wildflower seeds, and the upkeep of the tree nursery.

Why does EMT ban motorized vehicles on this parcel of leased Public Land?

There are 10 Reasons, as this picture of the Pond (see map above) illustrates, ways motorized vehicles do damage to Public Land:

See Video 10 Reasons to BAN ATVs from Public Land by David Boje Aug 28 2020 Video link
https://youtu.be/P-wAFsy5qIw


You can report Illegal Dumping in Dona Ana County with a downloadable APP for your smartphone https://www.donaanacounty.org/nothrow or you can call 1-877-NO-THROW

County Ordinance No. 230-07 about How County, City, and BLM are to coordinate to accomplish this mission

City of Las Cruces ordinance against firing guns in East Mesa public land

City of Las Cruces ordinance against illegal dumping in ALL AREAS, even on East Mesa Public lands.

Illegal Dumping

To report illegal dumping, useful information such as vehicle description, license plate number, and location are helpful to catch violators. Authorities recommend not confronting anyone who is dumping illegally. Call the City of Las Cruces Codes Enforcement for illegal dumping within the city limits at 575-528-4100 or use the reporting form Ask the City.

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The $4.59 billion recreation vehicle industry, its production and consumption of four classes ATVs is destroying the wetlands where I live in Las Cruces New Mexico, on the East Mesa, and killing life in the Ephemeral Wetlands Pond, as well as making trails, enlarging existing trails into road side runoff so the wetlands no long functions to do its job in the planetary system.To report Illegal activity such as Trespass on Leased Land, Target Shooting, bringing onto state trust lands or consuming thereon any type of alcoholic beverage, or Burning of Trash on Public Land in Dona Ana County, you can file an online report with the Dona Ana Sheriff's Office https://donaanacounty.org/sheriff/oprs