The Valles Caldera National Preserve plans to ask Congress for more federal funding to manage operations for another five years.
The preserve's board of trustees voted Wednesday to submit a recommendation for extending federal appropriations through 2020.
Valles Caldera Trust Board chairman Kent Salazar says there are inherent government functions that will likely require aid on the federal level.
Those functions include compliance with historic preservation and environmental laws, forest restoration and infrastructure repairs.
The 90,000-acre preserve in the Jemez Mountains was a private ranch with grazing and logging operations before the federal government bought it in 2000.
If the trust is not financially self-sufficient by the end of this fiscal year, the board can request Congress for more funding under the Valles Caldera Preservation Act.
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