New Mexico · Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Pelona Mountain
BLM found a wildlife resource here, and its plan calls for special management. BLM's records place 3 rights of way inside the line today, and seven grazing allotments cover part of it. It covers 43,779 acres and was designated September 16, 2010, in the Socorro RMP. In the plan's name, RMP stands for 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
3 rights of way sit inside the line. BLM files 3 under non-energy facilities.
- A private individual, name withheld by this site2rights of way
- EL PASO ELECTRIC CO1right of way
Grazing allotments
7 grazing allotments cover part of this line. Their permittees aren't named here yet.
- SHAW CANYON166,429acres
- Allotment USFS-GRZ-10389.01043489,161acres
- Allotment USFS-GRZ-10309.01043456,488acres
- ADOBE RANCH52,459acres
- Y RANCH41,498acres
- COYOTE CANYON23,845acres
- COYOTE CANYON4,018acres
The nearest areas
- Horse MountainNew Mexico · 5,334 acres · 1 right of way, 5 grazing allotments covering part of it21miles
- Bear CreekNew Mexico · 1,483 acres · at least 4 active mining claims, 2 grazing allotments covering part of it53miles
- Cerro PomoNew Mexico · 34,878 acres · 2 rights of way, 6 grazing allotments covering part of it58miles
- Ladron Mountain - Devil's Backbone ComplexNew Mexico · 60,439 acres · 15 rights of way, 24 grazing allotments covering part of it71miles
- Apache BoxNew Mexico · 2,628 acres · 5 grazing allotments covering part of it72miles
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 Pelona Mountain. 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