New Mexico · Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Encinada Mesa-Carrizo Canyon
BLM found a cultural value, a scenic value and a historic value here, and its plan calls for special management. BLM's records place 4 oil and gas leases and 54 rights of way inside the line today, and four grazing allotments cover part of it. It covers 3,470 acres and was designated September 1, 2003, in the Farmington 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
The rights of way
54 rights of way sit inside the line. BLM files 53 under oil & gas facilities and 1 under other energy facilities.
- ENTERPRISE FIELD SERVICES LLC31rights of way
- *ENTERPRISE FIELD SERVICES LLC16rights of way
- Enterprise Field Services LLC5rights of way
- JEMEZ MOUNTAINS ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC1right of way
- WILLIAMS FOUR CORNERS LLC1right of way
The oil and gas leases
4 active oil and gas leases sit inside the line. 4 of them took effect before the area was designated on September 1, 2003.
- HILCORP SAN JUAN LLC4leases
Grazing allotments
4 grazing allotments cover part of this line. Their permittees aren't named here yet.
- Ensenada Mesa37,175acres
- Delgadito Mesa 24,324acres
- Devil Spring3,572acres
- Carrizo Canyon3,069acres
The nearest areas
- Crow CanyonNew Mexico · 7,778 acres · 8 oil and gas leases, 117 rights of way, 3 grazing allotments covering part of it4miles
- Delgadita/Pueblo CanyonsNew Mexico · 351 acres · 6 rights of way, 2 grazing allotments covering part of it5miles
- Moss TrailNew Mexico · 28 acres · a grazing allotment covering part of it7miles
- San Rafael CanyonNew Mexico · 5,687 acres · 7 oil and gas leases, 66 rights of way, 4 grazing allotments covering part of it7miles
- Santos PeakNew Mexico · 132 acres · 3 rights of way, 3 grazing allotments covering part of it8miles
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 Encinada Mesa-Carrizo Canyon. 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