New Mexico · Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Cañon Jarido
BLM found a natural system, a wildlife resource, a cultural value, a scenic value and a historic value here, and its plan calls for special management. BLM's records place no claim, lease or right of way inside the line today, and nine grazing allotments cover part of it. It covers 6,144 acres and was designated December 23, 2024, in the Rio Puerco Resource Management Plan.
One of the 1,120 places the Bureau of Land Management has designated an Area of Critical Environmental Concern. This page shows its line, what BLM found there and what sits inside it.
The line
Ground: USGS The National Map, topographic tiles. Boundaries: BLM's own, read Oct 20, 2026. The 9 grazing allotments below aren't marked.Grazing allotments
9 grazing allotments cover part of this line. Their permittees aren't named here yet.
- Dos Valles22,244acres
- Eagle Mesa15,696acres
- Jones Canyon Community6,166acres
- Smokey3,397acres
- Brodrick3,008acres
- Mesa Portales2,814acres
- Fork Rock Mesa2,392acres
- Ridge Top1,960acres
- Unalotted880acres
The nearest areas
- Jones CanyonNew Mexico · 400 acres · a grazing allotment covering part of it5miles
- Elk SpringsNew Mexico · 8,603 acres · 2 rights of way, 4 grazing allotments covering part of it9miles
- Torreon Fossil FaunaNew Mexico · 5,917 acres · 3 oil and gas leases, 2 rights of way, 5 grazing allotments covering part of it15miles
- San Luis Mesa Raptor AreaNew Mexico · 9,020 acres · 4 rights of way, 10 grazing allotments covering part of it17miles
- Cabezon PeakNew Mexico · 5,098 acres · 3 grazing allotments covering part of it23miles
More from BLM's New Mexico office
Every area BLM's New Mexico office holdsThe proposed rule
A proposed rule, RIN 1004-AF53, would change how BLM drafts every land use plan, and how it designates ACECs like Cañon Jarido. The comment window hasn't opened: the proposed rule wasn't in the Federal Register at our last check. The Watch sends one email the day it prints.
The rule's abstract
The purpose of this rulemaking is to establish in regulations an updated process for the approval of the development, revision, amendment, and maintenance of land use plans, as provided for by the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, for public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Additionally, this rulemaking will provide clarification of the process the BLM uses for designating Areas of Critical Environmental Concern.Unified Agenda entry for RIN 1004-AF53, Publication ID 2026, reginfo.gov (OMB OIRA), read Oct 18, 2026