Farmington District
District Background
Location: Northern New Mexico
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: Scoping Completed 7/30/06
Next Action: Draft RMP
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
Wilderness Experts View All >
Sam Goldman
Sam has been with The Wilderness Society since Fall 2007. He came most recently from M+R Strategic Services in Washington, DC where he worked with national environmental groups to improve their online campaign work and field organizing capacity. Before that, Sam was the Assistant National Field Director for U.S. PIRG where he covered a variety of issues including the fight to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
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