N.M. Code R. § 20.11.61.25 Restrictions On Area Classifications

• Library: New Mexico Administrative Code
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through Register Vol. 34, No. 24, December 19, 2023
• Citation: N.M. Code R. § 20.11.61.25
• Year: 2023

A. Mandatory federal class I areas:

(1) All of the following areas which were in existence on August 7, 1977, shall be class I areas and may not be redesignated:(a) international parks (all of them); (b) national wilderness areas which exceed 5,000 acres in size; (c) national memorial parks which exceed 5,000 acres in size; and (d) national parks which exceed 6,000 acres in size.

(2) Specifically for New Mexico, these areas are: (a) Bandelier wilderness, administered by national park service (NPS); (b) Bosque del Apache wilderness, administered by national fish and wildlife service (NFWS); (c) Carlsbad caverns national park, administered by NPS; (d) Gila wilderness, administered by national forest service (NFS); (e) Pecos wilderness, administered by NFS; (f) Salt Creek wilderness, administered by NFWS; (g) San Pedro Parks wilderness, administered by NFS; (h) Wheeler Peak wilderness, administered by NFS; and (i) White Mountain wilderness, administered by NFS.

B. Areas which may be redesignated only as class I or class II:

(1) The following areas may be redesignated only as class I or II (a) an area which, as of August 7, 1977 exceeded 10,000 acres in size and was a national monument, national primitive area, national preserve, national recreational area, national wild and scenic river, national wildlife refuge; and (b) a national park or national wilderness area established after August 7, 1977 which exceeds 10,000 acres in size.

(2) Specifically for New Mexico, these areas include (but are not necessarily limited to) (a) Apache Kid wilderness, administered by national forest service (NFS); (b) Bandelier national monument, administered by national park service (NPS); (c) Bitter Lake national wildlife refuge, administered by national fish and wildlife service (NFWS); (d) Blue Range wilderness administered by NFS; (e) Bosque del Apache national wildlife refuge, administered by NFWS; (f) Capitan mountains wilderness administered by NFS; (g) Cebolla wilderness, administered by bureau of land management (BLM); (h) Chama River Canyon wilderness administered by NFS; ...