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A 'finite' resource: New Mexico Land Office diversifies ahead of decline in oil and gas


A finite resource: New Mexico Land Office diversifies ahead of decline in oil and gas
Adrian Hedden, Carlsbad Current-Argus
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Oil and gas was a precious commodity in New Mexico for decades, generating billions of dollars in revenue for the state each year.
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the value of fossil fuels to New Mexico remained unchanged as the State Land Office reported continued high levels of production and revenue from extraction on state land.  
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New Mexico State Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard meets with oil workers at an XTO site, Dec. 4, 2018 in Carlsbad. ....

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Timber, Condos, Glamping? States Debate Land Use to Fund Schools


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Timber, Condos, Glamping? States Debate Land Use to Fund Schools
With diminishing revenues from traditional use of trust lands, states turn to alternatives like aggressive real estate development, stoking fears of unwelcome changes to long established communities.
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This stand of state trust land forest near Washington’s Merrill Lake is logged to provide revenue for schools. (Source: The Pew Charitable Trusts)
Checkerboarded across the landscape of the American West are thousands of parcels of state-owned land that collectively cover an area larger than North Dakota. They include vast swaths of forest and prairie, fracking wells, coal mines, luxury housing developments, parking lots, cell towers and solar panels. ....

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Timber Condos Glamping States Debate Land Use to Fund Schools | The Pew Charitable Trusts


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Timber, Condos, Glamping? States Debate Land Use to Fund Schools
This stand of state trust land forest near Washington’s Merrill Lake is logged to provide revenue for schools.
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SEATTLE Checkerboarded across the landscape of the American West are thousands of parcels of state-owned land that collectively cover an area larger than North Dakota. They include vast swaths of forest and prairie, fracking wells, coal mines, luxury housing developments, parking lots, cell towers and solar panels.
Known as state trust lands, these parcels were given to Western states as they were admitted to the Union, setting them up with a long-term revenue stream to fund public services, primarily schools. Although the rules can vary by state, government officials generally have broad leeway to manage the lands to provide that education funding. Historically, that’s often come from timber harvesting, agricultu ....

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