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Bill to Institutionalize Renewable Energy Development at State Land Office Passes House
SANTA FE, N.M. – Legislation to institutionalize renewable energy production at the State Land Office passed the House of Representatives today with a bipartisan floor vote of 48-19. In 2019, Commissioner of Public Lands Stephanie Garcia Richard established the...
Commissioner Garcia Richard Awards Lease for Second Albuquerque Senior Affordable Housing Community
SANTA FE, N.M. – New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands Stephanie Garcia Richard announced today that the State Land Office is awarding a lease to Farolito Apartments LLLP to construct a new affordable housing community for Albuquerque’s seniors on state...
STATE LAND TRUSTS ADVISORY BOARD MEETING – December 6, 2022
NEW MEXICO STATE LAND OFFICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING STATE LAND TRUSTS ADVISORY BOARD MEETING The New Mexico State Land Trusts Advisory Board will hold a public meeting on Tuesday, December 6, 2022, at 9:00 a.m., and continuing thereafter as...
State Land Office Releases FY22 Annual Report Â
SANTA FE, NM – Today, the State Land Office released its annual report for Fiscal Year New Mexico state agencies are required to report to the Governor on activities and accomplishments of the previous year by December 1st of each calendar year. The report total...
State Land Office Offering Low-Cost Christmas Tree Cutting and Sand Gathering Permits Â
SANTA FE, N.M. – The New Mexico State Land Office announced today that it is again offering low-cost Christmas tree-cutting and farolito sand-gathering permits on state trust land in advance of the upcoming holiday season. Christmas tree-cutting permits are...
State Land Office Partners with Land Grants to Provide Fuelwood
SANTA FE, N.M. – The State Land Office is partnering with the New Mexico Land Grant Council on four fuelwood collection projects in the central and northern parts of the state, Commissioner of Public Lands Stephanie Garcia Richard announced today. The projects...
State Land Office Accepting Bids on Potential Additional Senior Affordable Housing Community in Albuquerque
SANTA FE, N.M. – New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands Stephanie Garcia Richard announced today that the State Land Office is accepting bids on a parcel of state land near Eubank and Central in Albuquerque related to a proposal to construct a new affordable...
State Land Office Earns $300 Million in Past Month
SANTA FE, N.M. – New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands Stephanie Garcia Richard announced today that the State Land Office processed $300,473,548 in oil and gas royalties in in October, setting a new one-month record for the agency. The revenue will be...
State Land Office Approves Land Sale to County for Hatch Valley Flood Control Project
SANTA FE, N.M. – New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands Stephanie Garcia Richard announced that the Doña Ana County Flood Commission has won a bid to buy 121.04 acres of land from the State Land Office for the construction and maintenance of a flood...
State Land Office Accountability & Enforcement Program Plugs Over 130 Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells
State Land Office Accountability & Enforcement Program Plugs Over 130 Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells SANTA FE, N.M. – Commissioner of Public Lands Stephanie Garcia Richard announced today that in the first two years of the agency’s Accountability and...
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Lease Sale Process
The State Land Office offers tracts for oil and gas leasing the third Tuesday of every month. Â Tracts are leased through a competitive sealed or oral bid process. Â To bid, you must have an OGRID number; if you do not have one; contact Veronica Gonzales at (505) 476-4538. Sealed bids must be submitted with payment prior to the lease sale; oral bidding is conducted at the lease sale. Â Full directions and the bid application form can be found in the monthly lease sale notice.
Anyone can nominate available tracts for offer at the lease sale. Â To nominate, send an email to Allison Marks, Director, at amarks@nmslo.gov. Â To find out which tracts are available, use the Oil and Gas Interactive Map.
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