Jeff Bingaman United States Senator from New Mexico

“Funding through the Secure Rural Schools Program helps many New Mexico communities provide important services to their residents.  It is especially important during this harsh economic time and I am sure counties will put it to good use,” Bingaman said.

Funding comes through the Department of Agriculture’s Secure Rural Schools Program, which provides assistance to rural counties that are home to National Forest System lands.

Bingaman led the congressional effort to reauthorize the program in 2008, including a change to the distribution of program funds that dramatically increased the benefits of the program to New Mexico counties. The following New Mexico counties will receive funding:

• Bernalillo              $64,474
• Catron                  $4.62 million
• Chaves          $52,038
• Cibola                  $593,154
• Colfax          $81,401
• Eddy                    $107,556
• Grant                  $1.13 million
• Hidalgo        $121,226
• Lincoln        $568,165
• Los Alamos              $10,747
• McKinley                $464,316
• Mora                    $241,706
• Otero                  $1.04 million
• Rio Arriba              $2.39 million
• San Miguel              $492,834
• Sandoval                $460,919
• Santa Fe                $150,151
• Sierra                  $629,822
• Socorro        $981,813
• Taos                    $577,152
• Torrance                $232,569
• Valencia                $22,349