The New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department was created in 1987 through a merger between the Natural Resources Department and the Energy and Minerals Department. The individual administrative pieces of the department have been around much longer than that, though. The State Parks Commission was established in 1933, followed by the Oil Conservation Commission in 1935 and the Soil and Water Conservation Commission in 1937. The latter group was transferred in 1997 to the Department of Agriculture. The Department of State Forestry was created in 1957. The Coal Surface Commission was formed in 1972. Both the original Energy and Minerals Department and the Natural Resources Department came into being in 1977 and existed as separate agencies until the 1987 merger. The New Mexico Youth Conservation Corps was established and administratively attached to EMNRD in 1992. The following year marked the creation of the Mining Commission. The present-day Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department consists of seven divisions and employs approximately 415 people at 48 different work sites around the state.
- An application designed to allow users to search well permitting data1Licence not specifiedover 1 year ago
- This map displays forest treatments conducted by New Mexico Forestry Division and its partners including New Mexico Game & Fish. Forest treatments improve forest health, improve wildlife habitatsand reduce catastrophic fire risk in the wildland-urban interface (WUI)by increasing the defensible space around homes. Forest treatments are presented by state fiscal year (July 1 -June 30) and span from 2009 -2018.Data is compiled from a variety of sources, including N.M.State Forestry Division, N.M.Game & Fish, the N.M.Resource Geographic Information System Program Data Clearinghouse (RGIS), the U.S.GeologicalSurvey, and Bureau of Land Management.This mapping application is compatible on Chrome, Firefox,Internet Explorer(v11)and Safari, as well as mobile devices.1Licence not specifiedover 1 year ago
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- Wildfires pose a risk to our environment, human health and biodiversity. Following catastrophic wildfires flooding causes sediment to flow into our rivers and streams; polluting our drinking water and damaging riparian ecosystems. The smoke from wildfires can negatively affect the respiratory system; so using personal protective equipment may be necessary when traveling outdoors during a wildfire.1Licence not specifiedover 1 year ago
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- MMD uses a Geographic Information System (GIS) to locate and track its mining activities in the state. This is a computer system that can capture, store, analyze and display geographically referenced (location) information. The power of this system is its ability to draw conclusions about relationships between data that have a spatial component. GIS provides a method of displaying accurate mapping and database information to the staff and public.1Licence not specifiedover 1 year ago
- Those unfamiliar with using File Transfer Protocol should refer to the provided FTP support resource. Publicly available OCD Documents and Files can be accessed via a freely-available FTP client, specifying hostname provided, using port 21, and ‘anonymous connection, no other username / password needed’ Please note that basic FTP support has been deprecated by most web browsers. EMNRD does not endorse any particular FTP client or online service used to access publicly available documents and files.1Licence not specifiedover 1 year ago
- This coal mine water quality data set has surface water and ground water quality data from 1979 to 2015 from the EMNRD Mining and Minerals Division (MMD) Coal Program.1Licence not specifiedover 1 year ago
- Important Plant Areas (IPAs) are a product of The New Mexico Rare Plant Conservation Strategy. The strategy is an integral part of the State of New Mexico’s Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources Department, Forestry Division’s Forest Action Plan, which identifies natural resource conditions, needs and opportunities across all land ownerships in the state and guides long-term Division management.1Licence not specifiedover 1 year ago