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For New Mexico, initiated the Asset Inventory Program
to identify assets and features on state trust lands including plants, animals, water resources, paleontological finds, archaeological sites, and mineral resources.
Created La Semilla Nature Preserve, a 3,000 acre area in Albuquerque.
Santa Fe River restoration, a mile-long stretch, with federal grant funding.
Silver City, Maudes Creek, river restoration.
Near Farmington, Pump Canyon Creek, river restoration.
Near Hatch, Macho Creek, river restoration.
Near Grants, Bluewater Creek, river restoration.
Near Truth or Consequences, Alamosa Creek, river restoration.
Prohibited the killing or removal of rattlesnakes from state trust land during the Annual Rattlesnake Roundup in Alamogordo.
Signed agreements with UNM, NMSU, and WNMU to share information about the health of the plants and animals on state trust land, derived from research performed by University biology faculty, staff, and students doing field work.
Restored Pecos sunflowers, agreement signed with the State Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources Department. The native New Mexico sunflowers, on the state's list of endangered species, were planted by grazing lessees in Roswell and Fort Sumner.
Protected Lesser Prairie-Chicken habitat by partnering with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Natural Resource Conservation Service, and grazing lessees.
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