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Board approves Otero County sand-and-gravel lease with habitat protections
Summary
The State Board approved solid minerals production lease 117895 with Otero County Road & Bridge for a 25-acre disturbance area on a 160-acre state parcel; the lease includes stewardship stipulations for burrowing owls and mountain plover and a class 3 cultural resources survey requirement.
Ben Teschner, solid minerals manager for the State Land Board, described a proposed sand-and-gravel production lease (No. 117895) with Otero County Road & Bridge on a 160-acre parcel south of Rocky Ford. Staff said the county intends a maximum 25-acre gravel operation for county road maintenance and that the operation would not be intended for commercial sale.
Teschner described revenue expectations: an annual rent of $800 for the quarter section, a royalty set as dollars per ton (the region-specific rate…
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