New Mexico · Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Santa Fe Canyon Ranch
BLM found a natural system, a wildlife resource, a cultural value, a scenic value, a natural process, a historic value and a fish resource here, and its plan calls for special management. BLM's records place 32 rights of way inside the line today, and four grazing allotments cover part of it. It covers 22,990 acres and was designated May 24, 2012, in the Taos 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
32 rights of way sit inside the line. BLM files 15 under non-energy facilities, 9 under other energy facilities, 4 under oil & gas facilities, 2 under solar energy facilities and 2 under fiber optic facilities.
- A private individual, name withheld by this site4rights of way
- PUBLIC SVC CO OF NM4rights of way
- NEW MEXICO GAS CO3rights of way
- SANTA FE COUNTY OF3rights of way
- LAS CAMPANAS LTD PARTNERSHIP2rights of way
- PNM ELECTRIC & GAS2rights of way
- Holder not listed by BLM2rights of way
- CITY OF SANTA FE BUCKMAN DIRECT DIVISION2rights of way
- SANTA FE CITY OF WATER DIV1right of way
- HACIENDA DEL CEREZO LTD1right of way
- PUBLIC SVC CO OF NM A NM CORP1right of way
- NEW MEXICO GAS COMPANY1right of way
- SANTA FE WATER DIVISION1right of way
- PUBLIC SERVICE CO OF NM1right of way
- SNIC1right of way
- BUCKMAN DIRECT DIVERSION BOARD1right of way
- NM OFFICE STATE ENGINEER1right of way
- EL MONTE ROAD ASSOCIATION1right of way
Grazing allotments
4 grazing allotments cover part of this line. Their permittees aren't named here yet.
- Allotment USFS-GRZ-10072.01041867,027acres
- Santa Fe Allotment20,468acres
- Jacona4,376acres
- Rancho Jacona134acres
The nearest areas
- SombrilloNew Mexico · 18,089 acres · 13 rights of way, 6 grazing allotments covering part of it14miles
- La CienegaNew Mexico · 15,131 acres · 10 rights of way, 5 grazing allotments covering part of it15miles
- Ojo CalienteNew Mexico · 101,226 acres · 31 rights of way, 21 grazing allotments covering part of it29miles
- Shu'tu'ba'/Espinosa RidgeNew Mexico · 7,177 acres · at least 5 active mining claims, 1 right of way, 3 grazing allotments covering part of it31miles
- Copper HillNew Mexico · 21,925 acres · at least 25 active mining claims, 6 rights of way, 5 grazing allotments covering part of it33miles
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 Santa Fe Canyon Ranch. 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