N.M. Stat. § 16-1-3

A. The energy, minerals and natural resources department shall administer the state supplemental land and water conservation fund and shall process all applications for grants from the state supplemental land and water conservation fund. Funds from the state supplemental land and water conservation fund shall be made available only upon the condition that the proceeds are matched by federal funds and other funds on the following basis: at least fifty percent federal funds, not more than twenty-five percent state funds and the remainder by funds of political subdivisions.

B. Incorporated municipalities with a population of less than fifteen thousand persons according to the latest federal decennial census or counties sponsoring projects of unincorporated communities, including but not limited to Indian communities, shall be entitled to receive funds from the state supplemental land and water conservation fund as prescribed and approved by the recreation priorities committee. Projects proposed must be in accordance with provisions of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, 1 U.S.C. Section 460 , and the regulations contained in the United States department of the interior, bureau of outdoor recreation and grants-in-aid manual. Funds shall be made available from the state supplemental land and water conservation fund only in the event that the United States department of the interior provides fifty percent of the project cost. State funds shall be made available for expenditure by the applicant political subdivision once the project is approved by the United States department of the interior and the applicant demonstrates the availability and source of funds required for its share in the total project cost.