State Agency Training New Mexico does not have identified programs of agency personnel training for biodiversity. Several attempts have been made to pass such an act, but they have been unsuccessful. Habitat Acquisition New Mexico has several land acquisition programs. The Natural Lands Protection Act provides for the joint acquisition of unique and ecologically significant lands. Purchase of the lands is made by the state and a land trust.
Funding is based solely on legislative appropriations.
Other programs include the Game and Fish Bond Act, which provides for hunting and fishing license fee revenues to be used in part for game and fish habitat acquisition. The Natural Resources Trustee Act establishes a fund for the preservation or improvement of nongame wildlife and its habitat, although the money must be appropriated by the legislature. The state offers some private land conservation programs. The Conservation Services Division exempts landowners from liability for injury when they give an easement or right of way across their land to the state. A Forest Stewardship Program also assists landowners in improving wildlife habitat.