by Joey Keefe | Feb 7, 2025 | News
By Alaina Mencinger and Margaret O’Hara | Santa Fe New MexicanFebruary 7, 2025 State Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard is optimistic her yearslong effort to raise New Mexico’s oil and gas royalty rate on the top tracts of land is finally poised for...
by Joey Keefe | Feb 7, 2025 | News
By Megan Gleason | Albuquerque JournalFebruary 7, 2025 SANTA FE — A committee vote of 5-3 on oil and gas legislation came down to what legislators thought was the right thing for New Mexicans as well as the industry that funds more than a third of the state’s budget....
by Joey Keefe | Dec 12, 2024 | News
By Cathy Cook, Albuquerque JournalDecember 12, 2024 A 3,400-acre section of the Caja del Rio Plateau near Santa Fe will be protected from mining, new transmission lines or major thoroughfares for the next 20 years. State Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia...
by Joey Keefe | Dec 11, 2024 | News
By Alaina Mencinger, Santa Fe New MexicanDecember 11, 2024 State Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard announced Wednesday she will be halting new leases for mining, large transmission lines and major thoroughfares on a small piece of the Caja del Rio. Garcia...
by Joey Keefe | Dec 6, 2024 | News
By Daniel Chacon, Santa Fe New MexicanDecember 6, 2024 The New Mexico State Land Office is still on a roll although its earnings were down slightly in fiscal year 2024 after setting records in the two years previous. The agency that leases state trust land pulled in...
by Joey Keefe | Sep 27, 2024 | News
By Megan Gleason, Albuquerque Journal Amid slow movement in getting New Mexico’s community solar program running, the State Land Office has decided to take it up on its own. On Tuesday, the State Land Office announced it executed a long-term lease earlier this month...
