Insights
Practical guidance on conservation strategy, planning, funding, and land transactions—along with informed perspectives on buying and selling property in New Mexico.
Conserving Agricultural Water Rights: The Role of Conservation Easements
In much of the West, a farm's water right can be worth more than its soil, and there is steady pressure to sell it off. How conservation easements can keep water tied to the land that depends on it.
Preparing Your Farm or Ranch for the Next Generation
America's farmers and ranchers are aging, and an enormous amount of land is set to change hands. Five practical steps to prepare a family operation, and the next generation, for the transition.
Stretching Open Space Dollars: Why Conservation Easements Make Sense
Buying land outright is the expensive way for a community to protect open space. Conservation easements let municipalities protect more acres with the same budget, without taking on the costs of ownership.
Land Conservation Planning for Private Landowners: A Flexible Path to a Lasting Legacy
Protecting land does not have to be all or nothing. Conservation planning helps private landowners weigh their options, keep working land in production, and shape what happens to a place across generations.
Tell us what you own or manage and what you are trying to decide. We will give a clear assessment of what may be possible, what it would take to get there, and when there simply are not viable options.