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TAKE ACTION!
What you can do...
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Show Your Support
of Our Compromise Proposal
for the North Golf Course
The advisory board's proposal offers a way forward for both the university and the community.
It is important to let the Regents know that you support a permanent, green resolution to this decades-long conflict. Please take a few minutes to write or call members of the Board of Regents. It is important to be polite and respectful, but let them know how much you cherish the golf course, and how you value its preservation. If the Regents choose to endorse the advisory board's proposal, this precious green space could be enjoyed for generations to come.
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UNM President David Schmidly
MSC05 3300
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
# 277 2626
unmpres@unm.edu
President of the Board of Regents
Raymond G. Sanchez
P.O. Box 1966
Albuquerque NM 87103
#247 4321
rgsanchez@smdlegal.com
Vice-President, Jack L. Fortner
P.O. Box 1960
Farmington NM 87499
# (505) 326 1817
jlfortner@digii.net
Secretary/Treasurer
Carolyn J. Abeita
1201 Lomas NW, Suite C
Albuquerque NM 87102
# 242 7352
cabeita@nmlawgroup.com
January 2010 current BOR members
| Regent Don L. Chalmers
3777 The American Road, Ste 200
Albuquerque NM 87114
#897 2500
dlchalmers@att.net
Regent J. E. (Gene) Gallegos
c/o Regents Office
MSC05 3200
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
#277 7639
Email: c/o Ellen Wenzel, BOR Special Assistant
ewenzel@unm.edu
James
H. Koch
P.O. Box 4550
Santa Fe, NM 87502
# (505) 982 4302
Email:
c/o Elizabeth Slota
eslota@danielsinsuranceinc.com
Student Regent, Emily "Cate" Wisdom
c/o
Regents Office
MSC05 3200
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
#277 7639
stregent@unm.edu
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You Can Help Save the North UNM Golf Course:
Albuquerque’s Central Park!
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Some facts about the North UNM Golf Course that you may not know:
- In the early 1940s, the land was given for free to UNM.
- The
labor to construct the golf course was provided without cost by the
WPA. (The Works Progress Administration was a New Deal program which
provided jobs to benefit society during the Depression.)
- All
of the trees on the golf course were given by neighbors who allowed
them to be dug out of their yards and transplanted to the golf course.
- Former
UNM President Thomas Popejoy called it the Public Golf Course, and
envisioned a place of recreation for the entire community.
- The
North Golf Course is the largest green space in the center of
Albuquerque accessible to the public, and serves the city by reducing
the urban heat island effect.
- The
trees protect us from the pollutants vehicles emit on I-25 and I-40,
and are significant contributors toward the City of Albuquerque’s urban
forest improvement initiative.
- This green space provides drainage of storm water which protects part of the city from flooding.
- The
North Golf Course encourages healthy life styles and exercise, which is
an inexpensive way to improve the health of Albuquerque residents.
- Twenty
years ago, a study was done of birds on the golf course. Larry Corbet
found 75 species, including: the Canada goose, turkey vulture,
sharp-shinned hawk, Swainson’s hawk, American kestrel, Scaled quail,
greater roadrunner, burrowing owl, northern flicker, western kingbird,
junco, and the black-chinned hummingbird. Other animals include: jack
rabbits, occasional coyotes, squirrels, and a host of lizards.
- The
barren fairways, located on the southwest corner of the golf course,
are the last remaining vestiges of East Mesa in Albuquerque.
- While
serving UNM’s golf teams, it is also used as a practice area for other
sports. Olympic athletes have trained here. The golf course is used by
ROTC and 6 local high schools’ sports teams. The course is considered
one of the finest places for collegiate cross-country meets in the
entire Mountain West region.
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