State of New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham Lt. Governor Howie Morales New Mexico Environment Department Federal Government National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Damage Assessment and Restoration Program United States Department of Interior Restoration Program...
Injury is an observable or measurable adverse change – including destruction, loss, or loss of use – to a natural resource, or the impairment of a natural resource service. Natural resources include air, fauna,...
The authority to pursue natural resource damages lies in the State’s Natural Resource Trustee Act and the following federal statutes: the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980, the Oil Pollution...
Site History: The Office of Natural Resources Trustee was awarded $284,000 from the Water Trust Board to implement a watershed restoration project in the Middle Rio Grande Bosque. The project focuses on revegetation with...
