New Mexico Threatened and Endangered Species Program
BLM New Mexico manages 13.5 million acres of public lands in New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas. While BLM New Mexico covers four states, the vast majority of those surface acres are in New Mexico. New Mexico is enormously rich in biodiversity, with approximately 4,600 known species. Several ecoregions converge in the vicinity of the four state area, including the Colorado Plateau, southern Rocky Mountains, Arizona-New Mexico mountains, Central and Southern Short-grass Prairies, Chihuahuan Desert, and Apache Highlands. New Mexico also ranks 11th in endemism (species found only in New Mexico) with 90 known endemics.
About 44 threatened and endangered (T&E) animals, and 14 T&E plants occur on public lands in these four states. Of the 44 animals, the Aplomado falcon and Mexican gray wolf are considered “nonessential experimental” populations, which means they are not necessary for the continued existence of the species, and the regulatory restrictions for population management are reduced.
BLM New Mexico also manages Bureau Sensitive Species which are at-risk native species found on BLM-managed public lands for which the agency can significantly affect their conservation status through management. A management goal is to undertake conservation actions to improve the status of these species and their habitats in order to prevent listing and to eventually remove them from the sensitive species list. Listed and Sensitive species and their habitats are managed in cooperation with other Federal agencies and the New Mexico Department of Wildlife.
BLM New Mexico works closely with State agencies and external partners to manage the habitat upon which T&E species, Bureau Sensitive, State Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN; animals) and State Endangered plants depend.
Download BLM New Mexico Data
BLM New Mexico Sensitive Status Species List
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