Section 75-9-2 - Purpose.
75-9-2. Purpose.
The purpose of the Land Conservation Incentives Act [75-9-1 NMSA 1978] is to encourage private landowners to be stewards of lands that are important habitat areas or contain significant natural, open space and historic resources by providing private landowners with incentives that encourage the protection of private lands for open space, natural resources, biodiversity conservation, outdoor recreation, farmland and forest land preservation, historic preservation and land conservation purposes.