众议员斯坦斯伯里未确认反对桑迪亚山近万英亩土地移交：倡议团体称10月23日会面时她已表态反对
新墨西哥州伯纳利欧县阿尔伯克基市附近桑迪亚山近万英亩土地移交方案10月30日再起波澜，联邦众议员梅拉妮·斯坦斯伯里当天接受《The Paper.》采访时，未确认反对这项移交。
反对移交的邻里与休闲使用者团体“桑迪亚人人共享”此前在其网站上称，斯坦斯伯里在10月23日的一次会面中“明确表示不支持把桑迪亚山一万英亩土地移出国家森林”。该团体说，那次会面还有联邦参议员马丁·海因里希办公室代表以及伯纳利欧县和桑多瓦尔县警长部门官员参加。
多名与会者向《The Paper.》证实，斯坦斯伯里在会上解释，她通常会支持土地归还努力，但这项方案不同，原因是2003年《图夫舒尔比恩保护信托区法》已在锡沃拉国家森林和桑迪亚山荒野内设立保护区，在承认桑迪亚普韦布洛人权利的同时保护国家森林与荒野特征及公众使用。
但在10月30日的采访中，斯坦斯伯里拒绝确认自己说过反对移交的话，称团体可能误解了她的立场，并表示她正跟随海因里希的思路寻求出路。海因里希此前表示，他反对桑迪亚普韦布洛人提出的移交方案，但正在推动与普韦布洛人共享管理的办法。伯纳利欧县委员沃尔特·本森也曾撰文反对移交，理由涉及公众进入、土地管理和执法问题。
来源：GSM·美国
Rep. Stansbury Declines to Confirm Opposing Nearly 10,000-Acre Sandia Land Transfer; Advocacy Group Says She Voiced Opposition at October 23 Meeting
Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico — The proposed transfer of nearly 10,000 acres in the Sandia Mountains drew renewed attention on October 30, when U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury, in an interview with The Paper., declined to confirm that she opposes the transfer.
Sandias for All, a group of neighbors and recreation users opposing the transfer, said on its website that Stansbury "clearly stated that she does NOT support transferring 10,000 acres of the Sandia Mountains out of the National Forest" at an October 23 meeting. The group said the meeting also included representatives from Senator Martin Heinrich's office and officials from the Bernalillo and Sandoval county sheriff's departments.
Several attendees confirmed to The Paper. that Stansbury explained she would normally support land-back efforts but viewed this proposal differently because of the 2003 T'uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust Area Act, which established a preservation area within the Cibola National Forest and Sandia Mountain Wilderness, recognizing Sandia Pueblo's rights while protecting the area's national forest and wilderness character and public use.
In the October 30 interview, however, Stansbury declined to confirm she had opposed the transfer, said the group may have misunderstood her position, and said she is following Heinrich's lead in seeking a path forward. Heinrich has said he opposes the transfer as proposed by Sandia Pueblo but is pursuing a shared-management approach with the Pueblo. Bernalillo County Commissioner Walt Benson has also written against the transfer, citing public access, land management and law enforcement concerns.
Source: GSM America
来源：GSM·美国（原文链接）
图片来源：图：New Mexico State Capitol。来源：Wikimedia Commons（Jim Bowen，CC BY 2.0）
