About Us
CEHMM is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation. We have created a wide range of cutting edge programs that work toward practical solutions to issues that affect both human health and the environment. These projects serve the community, the region, and the state through cooperative conservation, educational outreach, job creation, and research leading to resolution of important technical and environmental challenges.
In the News
ORD Announces Five New Outdoor Recreation Trails+ Grant Projects
The Outdoor Recreation Division has now funded 90 Trails+ projects across the state
SANTA FE, N.M. - Economic Development Department Cabinet Secretary Alicia J. Keyes announced today that five communities across New Mexico will receive new outdoor recreation grants through the Outdoor Recreation Trails+ grant program.
CEHMM's candidate conservation agreement programs work
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Since 2008, the Center of Excellence (dba CEHMM), a 501 (c)3 nonprofit organization based out of Carlsbad, New Mexico, has worked tirelessly with local landowners, the oil and gas industry, the Bureau of Land Management, and the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to implement conservation measures for the now federally listed Lesser Prairie-Chicken (LPC) through voluntary, cooperative agreements.
CEHMM is here to help keep
Landowners & Industry working.
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CEHMM's Executive Director, Emily Wirth, was recently part of a panel with the Congressional Western Caucus!
Chairman Dan Newhouse (WA-04), Vice Chair Yvette Herrell (NM-02), and Reps. August Pfluger (TX-11) and Tracey Mann (KS-01) host a Congressional Western Caucus Species Week Forum to discuss the ongoing state and local species conservation efforts to protect and restore the habitat for the lesser prairie chicken in New Mexico, Texas, and Kansas.
Mission
The purpose of the CEHMM projects is to work toward practical solutions to issues that affect both human health and the environment. The projects serve the community, the region, and the state through educational outreach, job creation, and research leading to the resolution of important technical and environmental challenges.