New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE
Chapter 21 - ENDANGERED PLANTS
Part 2 - ENDANGERED PLANT SPECIES LIST AND COLLECTION PERMITS
Section 19.21.2.3 - STATUTORY AUTHORITY

Section 75-6-1 NMSA 1978 directs the energy, minerals and natural resources department to investigate all plant species in the state to develop information relating to population, distribution, habitat needs, limiting factors and other biological and ecological data, and to determine conservation measures and requirements necessary for survival. The department shall establish a list of endangered plant species based upon the investigations. It also authorizes the department to prohibit the taking, possession, transportation, exportation from the state, processing, sale or offer for sale or shipment of listed plants or plant materials, except for permitted scientific purposes or propagation and transplantation activities that enhance the survival of endangered species.