Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Roca Honda Mine

Chapter 1. Purpose of and Need for Action
Figure 11. Parallel NEPA and Section 106 processes with points of interaction
New Mexico Department of Game and Fish
The mission of the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish (NMDGF) is “to
provide and maintain an adequate supply of wildlife and fish within the State by
utilizing a flexible management system that provides for their protection,
conservation, regulation, propagation, and for their use as public recreation and
food supply” (NMDGF, 2009).
Among the NMDGF’s goals are to:
• Provide a statewide system for hunting activities and self-sustaining and hatcherysupported
fisheries that satisfies the participation expectations of New Mexico residents
and takes into consideration hunter safety, quality hunts, high demand areas, guides and
outfitters, quotas and local and financial interests.
• Provide information and technical guidance to hunters, anglers, appreciative wildlife
interests, the Director and State Game Commission, and all persons or agencies that
manage lands results in the conservation and enhancement of wildlife habitat and
recovery of indigenous species of threatened or endangered wildlife.
According to the MOU described earlier, NMDGF is a cooperating agency in the current EIS.
28 DEIS for Roca Honda Mine, Cibola National Forest