NM State Land Office announces 60,000 acres of state trust land protected from development

The combined 120,000-acre parcel in southern New Mexico is the second-largest property protected by a conservation easement in New Mexico.

By: Patrick Lohmann

Outlets: Source New Mexico

Published: April 13, 2026

Words: 436

Last Updated: 3 months, 2 weeks ago

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The state Land Office and New Mexico Land Conservancy announced Monday they’d entered into an agreement to protect more than 60,000 acres in southern New Mexico from future large developments for the next 75 years.

Under the agreement, known as a “conservation easement,” the New Mexico Land Conservancy will pay the State Land Office to protect a roughly 100-square-mile parcel of land in Socorro and Torrance counties known as Turkey Ridge. Early last year, …

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