Porter, Annalise; Berrens, Robert P.; Fleck, John - 2022
New Mexico (NM) passed a Greenbelt law (NM Stat § 7-36-20) in 1967 offering tax subsidies to agricultural landowners. The law illuminates a disconnect between land and water policy: it has water policy implications, but it has never been discussed accordingly. We estimate that in 2020, Rio...