Wilderness Study Areas
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Wilderness Study Areas (WSAs) are roadless areas that have been inventoried and found to have wilderness characteristics as described in the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) and the Wilderness Act of 1964. FLPMA directed the BLM to identify its roadless areas and study them for their suitability for preservation as Wilderness. At the end of the study, BLM was required to provide a recommendation as to the suitability or non-suitability of each of those areas. The study of BLM lands in New Mexico was completed and a recommendation provided in September of 1991. WSAs are managed so as not to impair their suitability for preservation as wilderness until Congress decides to permanently protect them as Wilderness, or release them from WSA status to non-wilderness uses. For more on WSAs, see: www.blm.gov/nlcs/wsa/faq.htm Following is a list of the 58 BLM-managed WSAs in New Mexico, totaling 958,751 acres. Contact the individual Field Offices for additional information about these WSAs.
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Carlsbad: | Acres | Devil's Den Canyon | 320 | Lonesome Ridge | 3,505 | McKittrick Canyon | 200 | Mudgetts | 2,941 | | | Farmington: | Acres | Ah-shi-sle-pah | 6,563 | | | Las Cruces | Acres | Aden Lava Flow | 25,287 | Alamo Hueco Mountains | 16,264 | Apache Box | 7,161 | Big Hatchet Mountains | 65,872 | Blue Creek | 14,896 | Brokeoff Mountains | 31,606 | Cedar Mountains | 14,911 | Cooke's Range | 19,608 | Cowboy Spring | 6,699 | Culp Canyon | 10,937 | Florida Mountains | 22,336 | Gila Lower Box | 8,555 | Gray Peak | 14,678 | Guadalupe Canyon | 4,146 | Hoverrocker | 22 | Las Uvas Mountains | 11,067 | Mount Riley | 8,488 | Organ Mountains | 7,283 | Organ Needles | 7,604 | Peloncillo Mountains | 4,061 | Pena Blanca | 4,780 | Robledo Mountains | 12,946 | West Potrillo Mountains | 148,697 | | | Rio Puerco | Acres | Cabezon | 8,159 | Canyons | 3,930 | Chain of Craters | 18,300 | Chamisa | 16,602 | | El Malpais | 21,300 | Empedrado | 9,007 | Ignacio Chavez | 33,609 | La Lena | 10,438 | Manzano | 881 | Ojito | 124 | Petaca Pinta | 11,668 | | | Roswell | Acres | Carrizozo Lava Flow | 10,690 | Little Black Peak | 15,469 | Mathers | 362 | | | Socorro | Acres | Antelope | 20,710 | Continental Divide | 68,761 | Devil's Backbone | 8,904 | Devils Reach | 860 | Eagle Peak | 43,960 | Horse Mountain | 5,032 | Jornada Del Muerto | 31,147 | Mesita Blanca | 19,414 | Presilla | 8,680 | Sierra de las Canas | 12,838 | Sierra Ladrones | 45,308 | Stallion | 24,238 | Veranito | 7,206 | | | Taos | Acres | Rio Chama | 12,671 | San Antonio | 7,050 | | Total Acres | 958,751 |
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