During a Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing on the U.S. Forest Service's fiscal year 2016 budget request, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich shared his concerns about recreational facilities in New Mexico’s national forests that had to close in previous years because of the lack of U.S. Forest Service operational and maintenance resources. Small businesses near national forests are often the ones hit the hardest as they depend on revenue from forest users. The committee heard testimony from U.S. Forest Service Chief Thomas Tidwell.