The work of the Historic Preservation Division involves the public. Whether our staff is providing technical assistance by reviewing a developer's project, working with the State Department of Transportation on a highway project to help save an archaeological resource or joining forces with a homeowner to find preservation funds for rehabilitating an historic home, HPD daily fulfills its mission to identify and protect cultural resources. Tax Credits, Loan Funds, Certified Local Government Funds, Permitting, SiteWatch, and National and State Register all are programs that take us outside our office and into the public domain. In the process, we inform people, governments, and private industry of the value of preserving this state's vast cultural heritage.

HPD also holds special events each year. In January, we participated in the first-ever Culture Day at the Legislature, slated to be an annual event in the Rotunda of the State Capitol. May is Heritage Preservation Month, the month we encourage New Mexico's communities to hold local preservation events and we publish a calendar of events listing them. It is also when we publish our award-winning poster and hold our annual Preservation Awards, honoring preservation efforts statewide. Then in fall comes Archaeology Fair. HPD picks a community to host the two-day event. State, regional and local archaeologists, preservationists and re-enactors are invited to give the public a hands-on experience with ancient practices and current archaeological techniques.

In this website, the scope of our outreach becomes apparent. Our programs operate in nearly every county in the state and our Archaeology Fair and Heritage Preservation Month involve thousands of people statewide.