Land Grants and Water Issues in New Mexico

Some helpful data

 
Other sources for land grant and water information.
 
Government  Information Division (GID) - located in UNM Zimmerman Library. GID is a government document repository for federal, regional and state material. Some will refer to land and water issues. Search for government publications on the University Libraries home page. 
 
The Law Library at the New Mexico Law School, UNM, also holds land and water information. The UNM Law Library Reference Desk can direct patrons in basic legal research, including use of the U.S. Serial Set - full text database (1830- present) - for reports about Congressional interaction with New Mexico - and U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs - database (1832-1978) - for New Mexico land grant cases appealed from the Court of Private Land Claims decisions to the U.S. Supreme Court..
 
The Southwest Hispanic Research Institute (SHRI) - Land Grant Studies Program - promotes the study of NM land grants, directs student research and mapping projects, organizes land grant workshops, provides basic assistance and direction to researchers. 
 

Office of the New Mexico State Historian -  website provides background on some NM land grants and other historical topics and selected images, includes some scanned pages of Land Records of NM (original land grant documents, aka SANM I) and some pages from the J.J. Bowden studies on land grants.

Center for Land Grant Studies - Malcolm Ebright - his website provides background information about land grants and related issues

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Here is contact information for some local land grant council/consejo leaders: 

New Mexico Land Grant Council - Juan Sanchez, President, P.O. Box 2380, Tijeras, NM 87059 - 505-249-6759

or Arturo Archuleta - Arturo.archuleta@comcast.net - 505-328-4104.

The New Mexico Land Grant Council sponsors meetings of affiliated local land grant councils. Although not a reference service, Mr. Sanchez or Archuleta can provide contact information for state land grant councils.