Sections 68-2-1 through 68-2-25 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Forest Conservation Act”. History: 1953 Comp., § 62-3-1, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 122, § 1; 1979, ch. 395, § 2. ANNOTATIONS Law reviews. — For note, “Forest Fire Protection on Public and Private Lands in New Mexico,” see 4 Nat. Resources J. 374 […]
The state forester shall divide the state into [a] suitable and convenient number of administrative districts and shall appoint a supervising forest officer for each district. History: 1953 Comp., § 62-3-6.3, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 208, § 4. ANNOTATIONS Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and it is not […]
The commissioner of public lands is authorized to enter into contracts and cooperative agreements with the division for the protection and conservation of forest and denuded forest areas under his jurisdiction and control and is authorized to pay the assessments thereunder from the state land office maintenance fund, provided that such contracts and agreements do […]
The division is authorized, with the approval of the commissioner of public lands, to acquire land or interest in land, either by gift or by purchase, title to which shall be taken in the name of the state of New Mexico. Land or interest in land no longer needed may be disposed of as provided […]
ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 1979, ch. 395, § 11, repealed 68-2-13 NMSA 1978, relating to the purchase of a radar site near Tierra Amarilla.
The division is authorized to enforce all laws, rules and regulations relating to all forested, cutover or brushlands lying within the state under the following circumstances: A. prevention and suppression of fires; B. logging and timber operations and practices; C. trespass, waste and littering; and D. conservation of commercial forest lands and products. In addition, […]
ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 1979, ch. 395, § 11, repealed 68-2-15 NMSA 1978, relating to fire prevention and contracts to suppress fires.
The division is authorized to make and enforce rules and regulations not in conflict with any law now in force as it deems necessary for the prevention and suppression of forest or brush fires, and for the control of forest pests and for the application of commercial forest practices within the state. The rule-making power […]
It is unlawful for any person to violate any provision of the Forest Conservation Act [68-2-1 to 68-2-25 NMSA 1978] or any provision of a rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto. Such violation is a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof such person shall be punished for each violation by a fine of not more than […]
ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 1997, ch. 155, § 1 repealed 68-2-18 NMSA 1978, as amended by Laws 1977, ch. 254, § 87, relating to the emergency fire suppression fund, effective June 20, 1997.
Any moneys received by the division from private, state or forest-owner fire protection cooperators prior to July 1 of any year, which moneys are to be applied to cooperative contracts which are to be effective on or after that date, shall not revert to the general fund but shall be placed in a special suspense […]
ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 1979, ch. 395, § 11, repealed 68-2-20 NMSA 1978, relating to the reversion of funds in the forest conservation fund or in the emergency fire suppression fund to the state’s general fund.
There is created in the state treasury a revolving fund to be known as the “conservation planting revolving fund”. The conservation planting revolving fund shall consist of money appropriated to the fund by the legislature, all receipts from the sale of trees for conservation plantings and any other revenues directed to the fund. Expenditures may […]
No person shall cut, remove, transport or sell any woody material without written consent of the owner or proof of ownership, whether the land is publicly or privately owned. The written consent shall contain a legal description of the land where the woody material is removed, the name and address of the legal owner, the […]
ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 1996, ch. 74, § 2 repealed 68-2-22.1 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1987, ch. 143, § 3, relating to a Christmas tree tag fee, effective May 15, 1996. For provisions of former section, see the 1995 NMSA 1978 on NMOneSource.com.
As used in Section 68-2-22 NMSA 1978: A. “woody material” includes any live or dead evergreen, coniferous or deciduous tree, branch, bough, bush, sapling or shrub in its national condition, trimmed or untrimmed, and with or without roots; B. “owner” means any public agency, state or federal, person, partnership, firm, corporation and recognized agents thereof […]
Recognizing that the forest makes a vital contribution to New Mexico by providing wood products, jobs, grazing, quality water, wildlife habitat, young trees, taxes and other economic benefits, it is hereby declared to be the public policy of the state to adopt forest practices that maintain and enhance such benefits and such resources, and to […]
Upon the request of any landowner, the state forester shall advise and encourage the use of good management practices through an educational program and by providing technical forestry assistance to any landowner for specific sites prior to and during harvesting activities. History: 1978 Comp., § 68-2-25, enacted by Laws 1979, ch. 395, § 10. ANNOTATIONS […]
Any officer of the law, forestry agent, forest ranger, forest patrolman or conservation officer enforcing the provisions of the Forest Conservation Act [68-2-1 to 68-2-25 NMSA 1978] may: A. stop any vehicle or means of conveyance containing any woody material for the purpose of making an inspection and investigation; B. inspect the woody material in […]
It is unlawful for any person to use false information or documentation to obtain any permit, license or other benefit under the Forest Conservation Act [68-2-1 to 68-2-25 NMSA 1978]. Any person who is found guilty of violating the provisions of this section shall be sentenced according to Section 68-2-17 NMSA 1978. History: 1978 Comp., […]
