Section 76-7B-1 – Short title.

This act [76-7B-1 to 76-7B-7 NMSA 1978] may be cited as the “Rangeland Protection Act”. History: Laws 1985, ch. 53, § 1.

Section 76-7B-2 – Purpose of act.

The legislature finds and declares that: A. vast rangeland areas are producing less than their potential for the grazing of livestock, wildlife habitat, forage and water and soil conservation benefits; and B. it is essential to the general welfare of this state to apply methods to enhance the multiple-use management, development and conservation of rangeland […]

Section 76-7B-3 – Definitions.

As used in the Rangeland Protection Act: A. “committee” means the rangeland protection advisory committee; B. “department” means the New Mexico department of agriculture; C. “protection” means the control or management of undesirable brush or other weed species and any associated management program or activity necessary to enhance successful restoration of the treated rangeland intended […]

Section 76-7B-4 – Department; powers and duties.

The department shall coordinate rangeland protection projects developed under the Rangeland Protection Act. In the performance of its function, the department shall: A. establish contact with ranchers, Indian tribes and pueblos, local soil and water conservation district boards and appropriate state and federal agencies to determine desire for participation in brush and weed management programs; […]

Section 76-7B-5 – Committee created.

A. There is created the “rangeland protection advisory committee”. The following persons or their designees shall be members: the director of the New Mexico department of agriculture, the chairman of the range improvement task force, college of agriculture of New Mexico state university, the commissioner of public lands, the director of the department of game […]

Section 76-7B-6 – Funding of projects.

Rangeland protection projects covering federal, state, Indian-owned and privately owned rangeland shall be funded as follows: A. the appropriate federal department, bureau, agency or committee with authority for allocating funds, in cases where they participate, shall provide funding for projects embracing federal and Indian land; B. owners and operators of deeded lands, in cases where […]

Section 76-7B-7 – Rangeland information collection and dissemination.

The department shall insure the implementation of programs to collect and disseminate information relating to the purposes of the Rangeland Protection Act. Such programs shall include but not be limited to: A. collecting results from all possible sources on research about rangeland protection methods; B. assembling and correlating information on rangeland protection research and other […]