New Mexico · Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Sacramento Escarpment
BLM found a natural system, a scenic value and a natural process here, and its plan calls for special management. BLM's records place 2 rights of way inside the line today, and five grazing allotments cover part of it. It covers 5,425 acres and was designated December 1, 1993, in the White Sands 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
2 rights of way sit inside the line. BLM files 2 under non-energy facilities.
- Holder not listed by BLM2rights of way
Grazing allotments
5 grazing allotments cover part of this line. Their permittees aren't named here yet.
- Allotment USFS-GRZ-10120.010413111,104acres
- White Sands Lease9,979acres
- San Andres Canyon LS9,561acres
- Allotment USFS-GRZ-10114.0104137,935acres
- Allotment USFS-GRZ-10121.0104131,378acres
The nearest areas
- Black GramaNew Mexico · 3,558 acres · 6 grazing allotments covering part of it34miles
- Three Rivers PetroglyphNew Mexico · 1,043 acres · 2 rights of way, a grazing allotment covering part of it40miles
- Organ/Franklin MountainsNew Mexico · 36,667 acres · 43 rights of way, 6 grazing allotments covering part of it51miles
- Cornudas MountainNew Mexico · 853 acres · 2 grazing allotments covering part of it54miles
- Alamo MountainNew Mexico · 2,530 acres · 2 grazing allotments covering part of it55miles
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 Sacramento Escarpment. 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