New Mexico · Area of Critical Environmental Concern
North Road
BLM found a cultural value, a scenic value and a historic value here, and its plan calls for special management. BLM's records place 7 oil and gas leases and 42 rights of way inside the line today, and eight grazing allotments cover part of it. It covers 6,454 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
42 rights of way sit inside the line. BLM files 33 under oil & gas facilities, 5 under other energy facilities and 4 under non-energy facilities.
- DUGAN PRODUCTION CORP13rights of way
- ENTERPRISE FIELD SERVICES LLC11rights of way
- WILLIAMS FOUR CORNERS LLC7rights of way
- Enterprise Field Services LLC3rights of way
- *ENTERPRISE FIELD SERVICES LLC2rights of way
- JEMEZ MOUNTAINS ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC2rights of way
- INDIAN HEALTH SVC1right of way
- CHEVRON MIDCONTINENT LP1right of way
- WILLIAMS GAS & FLD SVCS1right of way
- CHEVRON USA INC1right of way
The oil and gas leases
7 active oil and gas leases sit inside the line. 7 of them took effect before the area was designated on September 1, 2003.
- HILCORP SAN JUAN LLC5leases
- DUGAN PRODUCTION CORP1lease
- MARALEX RESOURCES INC1lease
Grazing allotments
8 grazing allotments cover part of this line. Their permittees aren't named here yet.
- Kimbeto Community103,498acres
- Angel Peak56,320acres
- Carson-Gallegos Community38,164acres
- Otis Community31,834acres
- Huerfano Community30,325acres
- Pueblo Bonito 19,196acres
- 44 Allotment9,636acres
- O.J. Carson7,042acres
The nearest areas
- Halfway HouseNew Mexico · 40 acres · 1 oil and gas lease, a grazing allotment covering part of it4miles
- Pierre's SiteNew Mexico · 443 acres · 1 oil and gas lease, a grazing allotment covering part of it6miles
- Dzil'na'oodlii (Huerfano Mesa)New Mexico · 3,683 acres · 4 oil and gas leases, 29 rights of way, 3 grazing allotments covering part of it9miles
- Fossil Forest Research Natural AreaNew Mexico · 2,795 acres · a grazing allotment covering part of it11miles
- Ah-shi-sle-pah RoadNew Mexico · 666 acres · a grazing allotment covering part of it12miles
Next to it
Pierre's Site Area of Critical Environmental Concern touches the line.
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 North Road. 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