DISTRICT BACKGROUND

LOCATION: Northern New Mexico

BLM District Webpage

BLM SURFACE ACREAGE: 2,007,000

DESIGNATED WILDERNESS ACREAGE: 38,162

WILDERNESS STUDY AREA ACREAGE: 40,888

CITIZEN-PROPOSED WILDERNESS ACREAGE: 174,771

NATIONAL LANDSCAPE CONSERVATON SYSTEM (NLCS) INFORMATION

Continental Divide National Scenic Trail

El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail

Rio Chama Wild and Scenic River

Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River

Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness

Sabinoso Wilderness

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN (RMP) INFORMATION

Taos RMP

RMP IN REVISION? Yes

LAST ACTION: Draft RMP Released June 2010

NEXT ACTION: Proposed RMP

RMP Planning Site

 

Farmington RMP

RMP IN REVISION? No

LAST ACTION: Record of Decision (ROD) Signed 2003

NEXT ACTION: None

DISTRICT CONTACTS

Juli Slivka

The Wilderness Society

1660 Wynkoop St Ste 850
Denver, CO   80202
303-650-5818 x 129   Email

Farmington BLM District Office

1235 La Plata Highway, Suite A
Farmington, NM   87401
505-599-8900   

New Mexico Wilderness Alliance

202 Central SE Suite 101
Albuquerque, NM   87102
505-843-8696    Email