Mission: To preserve new mexico's land heritage by helping people conserve the places they love. Nmlc works with landowners and others to protect wildlife habitat, agricultural lands, scenic open space, cultural and historic resources, and recreational lands.
Programs: Nmlc provides land conservation, information, outreach, policy, and capacity building services to private landowners, community groups, public agencies, and other organizations in order to preserve significant wildlife habitat, productive agricultural land, scenic open space, cultural and historic sites, and recreational lands in new mexico and southeastern arizona for conservation purposes and public benefit. To date, nmlc has permanently protected over 144,000 acres of high conservation value land through a combination of donated, purchased, and facilitated conservation easements and fee acquisitions. Nmlc is accredited by the land trust accreditation commission, operates in accordance with the standards and practices of the land trust alliance, and follows all irs guidelines.
New Mexico Land Conservancy is an accredited land trust. Accreditation means New Mexico Land Conservancy meets national quality standards for protecting important natural places and working lands forever. New Mexico Land Conservancy has demonstrated to the Land Trust Accreditation Commission its commitment to excellence. Accredited land trusts meet national quality standards for protecting important natural places and working lands forever. These land trusts demonstrate their commitment to excellence by adopting Land Trust Standards and Practices, the ethical and technical guidelines for the responsible operation of a land trust, and meeting the accreditation requirements drawn from them. Learn More: http://www.landtrustaccreditation.org/about.
