SANTA FE, N.M. – New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands Stephanie Garcia Richard today issued Executive Order 2024-0o1 in protection of the Caja del Rio Plateau by banning mining, the construction of large transmission lines (115 kv or above) and major throughfares...

SANTA FE, N.M. – During National Clean Energy Week, New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands Stephanie Garcia Richard has executed a long-term lease for the first-ever community solar project to be constructed on state lands. Affordable Solar won rights to the lease...

SANTA FE, N.M. – A Santa Fe district court judge has awarded the State Land Office nearly $7.5 million in damages in a lawsuit against Texas-based oil and gas company Smith & Marr’s for contaminated oil sites on state lands, New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands...

SANTA FE, N.M. – New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands Stephanie Garcia Richard today executed long-term leases for two major wind projects on state lands. One lease was awarded to EDF Renewables to develop a wind energy project on 23,840 acres in Grant County; a...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The City of Albuquerque and Stephanie Garcia Richard, New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands have joined forces to help the New Mexico School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (NMSBVI) expand so that it can safely serve students and families....

The Albuquerque Journal has announced that the New Mexico State Land Office has won a Top Workplaces award, ranking 2nd among midsize employers – organizations with between 150-499 employees – New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands Stephanie Garcia Richard announced...

ALBUQUERQUE -- The State Land Office is hosting the third of three public meetings in Albuquerque on Saturday, May 18 to consider a proposal to transfer a 212-acre parcel of state land in the Rio Grande Bosque in the South Valley to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife...