The State of New Mexico, Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department (EMNRD), Forestry Division (Forestry Division) is seeking applications from state agencies, public educational institutions, political subdivisions of the state, or nations, tribes, or pueblos (qualified entity) for conservation projects under the Natural Heritage Conservation Act (NHCA) Program.
Donor Name: Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department
State: New Mexico
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/17/2025
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The purpose of the Natural Heritage Conservation Act Program Grant is to protect the state’s natural heritage, customs, and culture by funding conservation and agricultural easements and by funding land restoration to protect the land and water available for forests and watersheds, natural areas, wildlife and wildlife habitat, agricultural production on working farms and ranches, outdoor recreation and trails and land and habitat restoration and management.
Projects must emphasize conservation projects involving acquisition of a conservation or agricultural easements or land restoration. Examples of eligible project activities, which may or may not be in partnership with conservation entities include:
- acquisition of conservation or agricultural easements from willing sellers; and
- land restoration projects.
Grant funding focuses primarily on associated transactional costs for conservation and agricultural easement projects such as appraisals, title insurance, title opinions, surveys, environmental reviews, mineral remoteness reports, baseline documentation reports, reasonable contributions to restricted stewardship funds held by the qualified entity or conservation entity, or documented labor costs required to produce these items, up to thirty percent of the total value of the conservation project funded. While the primary purpose of NHCA is land conservation, funding may also be requested for land restoration projects.
Eligible Applicants
This RFA is directed to qualified entities that meet the criteria below:
- A state agency; a state educational institution named in Article 12, Section 11 of the New Mexico Constitution; a political subdivision of the state; or for conservation projects wholly within New Mexico, an Indian tribe or pueblo; or a qualified entity that is partnered with a conservation entity or land trust. A conservation entity or land trust must be a private nonprofit charitable corporation or trust, authorized to do business in New Mexico, that has tax-exempt status as a public charity pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and that has the power to acquire, hold or maintain land or foerests in land. A qualified conservation entity must be identified in the application.
For more information, visit EMNRD.
