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Jesse Juen is an advisor to the Western Landowners Alliance (WLA) and the former New Mexico State Director for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Over the course of his career, he held leadership positions across New Mexico and Arizona, and also served in Washington, D.C. as Deputy Assistant Director for the BLM’s National Landscape Conservation System.

Paying for Stewardship

The New Mexico Land of Enchantment (LOE) Legacy Fund was enacted in 2023 and implemented July 1, 2024. It is New Mexico’s first-ever recurring annual investment in land and water

Stewardship in Action

In 1820 Major Stephen Harriman Long was appointed to lead an expedition through the American West, exploring areas acquired in the Louisiana Purchase. He and his men observed that pronghorn

Bottom Lines

Many WLA members and landowners throughout the West have grazing leases on Federal lands. There is a great deal of available information regarding these leases and management of your leases—but