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The National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS) Pro- Vides a Special Niche Within Blms Larger Mission BLM BLM The National Landscape The NationalConservation System Conservation Lands Implementing the ImplementingNational 15-Year Strategy thein NationalNew Mexico 15-Year Strategy in New Mexico The Geography of Hope Dear Friends of New Mexico, As a multiple use agency, the Bureau of Land Management has a broad responsibility of assuring the public lands provide a variety of public benefits. The National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS) pro- vides a special niche within BLMs larger mission. These National Con- servation Lands lands inspire with their scenic beauty, provide unique sources for scientific study, and provide exceptional areas for recre- ation. These are the landscapes of the west, the landscapes which are an inspiration to all who come to know them. The BLM staff in New Mexico is honored by the trust instilled upon them by the American people to provide stewardship of these special places. From rivers to caves, forests to deserts, grasslands to badlands, recreational opportunities to historic vestiges of our past, New Mexi- co’s National Conservation Lands are a diverse landscape treasured by today’s generation and a heritage to be passed on to future genera- tions. Our guiding philosophy is to assure these areas are in the best ecological condition possible, and that New Mexico communities re- ceive the highest benefit from these areas. A National Strategy was developed to clearly lay out the principles by which BLM will manage National Conservation Lands units. I am com- mitted to advance that strategy in New Mexico by setting out the fol- lowing implementation strategy. This strategy lays out the process by which my staff will evaluate our status, and prioritize our efforts in achieving our goals. In doing so, we will seek the input from our part- ners and stake holders. Together we will make the NLCS all it can be. I encourage you to visit the National Conservation Lands in New Mexi- co. I’m sure you will be as captivated as I am by these magnificent land- scapes. Jesse Juen State Director, BLM-New Mexico Organ Mountains Wilderness Study Area, Las Cruces District Office Organ Mountains Wilderness Study 6 67 Farmington 7 65 25 9 11 8 6 Taos Introduction 10 17 The BLM’s National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS) contains some of the West’s most spectacular landscapes. Wide open spaces and abundant wildlife characterize these lands. In New 6 7 Mexico the system includes one Research Natural Area, one National Scenic Trail, two National Historic Trails, two National Monuments (NM), two National Conservation Areas (NCA), two Wild 48 1 Santa Fe 39 24 46 58 14 and Scenic Rivers (WSR), five Wilderness areas, and 57 Wilderness Study Areas (WSA) (see www.blm. 5 40 29 13 gov/nlcs). NLCS areas are part of an active, vibrant landscape where people live, work, and play. They offer exceptional opportunities for recreation, solitude, wildlife viewing, exploring history, scientific Albuquerque 40 research, and other uses. Congress established the NLCS in 2009 through the Omnibus Public Lands 38 Management Act and directed its management to “protect the values for which the components of the 28 3 15 63 53 system were designated.” Though the NLCS as a system was established by Congress in 2009, it is made 12 up of areas that were recognized much earlier by Congress for their exceptional values. New Mexico’s 5 Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River is the nation’s oldest system component, having been designated by 55 69 37 Congress in 1968. 7 71 Socorro 70 44 64 In 2011, the BLM developed a national strategy to manage the NLCS nationwide. The strategy is 36 integrated and interdisciplinary in nature, and designed to help BLM select the work that is most 19 50 34 important to fulfilling the management mandate laid out by Congress in 2009 (see the NLCS 15-Year 30 26 Strategy). The New Mexico implementation strategy is a companion to the national strategy, laying 47 Roswell 52 25 4 out the process by which needs will be identified, workload priorities set, budgets allocated, and 5 accomplishments tracked. The implementation strategy will facilitate and support the implementation of planning decisions at the unit level and ensure consistency with the national strategy. 45 20 This strategy will be used to identify, screen, implement, and rank projects on an annual basis. 22 7 49 47 41 31 66 Las Cruces Carlsbad 61 59 2 60 10 57 5 62 23 40 16 35 27 54 51 42 72 56 0 25 50 75 100 Miles 21 32 New Mexico NLCS Units 43 18 National Monuments Wild and Scenic Rivers 18. Alamo Hueco Mountains 36. Devils Reach 54. McKittrick Canyon 1. Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks 8. Rio Chama 19. Antelope 37. Eagle Peak 55. Mesita Blanca 2. Prehistoric Trackways 9. Rio Grande 20. Apache Box 38. El Malpais 56. Mount Riley 21. Big Hatchet Mountains 39. Empedrado 57. Mudgetts National Conservation Research Natural Areas 22. Blue Creek 40. Florida Mountains 58. Ojito 23. Brokeoff Mountains 41. Gila Lower Box 59. Organ Mountains Areas 10. Fossil Forest 24. Cabezon 42. Gray Peak 60. Organ Needles 3. El Malpais 25. Canyons 43. Guadalupe Canyon 61. Peloncillo Mountains 4. Fort Stanton-Snowy River Wilderness 26. Carrizozo Lava Flow 44. Horse Mountain 62. Pena Blanca 11. Bisti/Da-Na-Zin 27. Cedar Mountains 45. Hoverrocker 63. Petaca Pinta National Historic Trails 12. Cebolla 28. Chain of Craters 46. Ignacio Chavez 64. Presilla 5. El Camino Real de Tierra 13. Ojito 29. Chamisa 47. Jornada del Muerto 65. Rio Chama Adentro 14. Sabinoso 30. Continental Divide 48. La Lena 66. Robledo Mountains 6. Old Spanish 15. West Malpais 31. Cooke's Range 49. Las Uvas Mountains 67. San Antonio 32. Cowboy Spring 50. Little Black Peak 68. Sierra de las Canas National Scenic Trails Wilderness Study Areas 33. Culp Canyon 51. Lonesome Ridge 69. Sierra Ladrones 7. Continental Divide 16. Aden Lava Flow 34. Devil's Backbone 52. Mathers 70. Stallion 17. Ah-shi-sle-pah 35. Devil's Den Canyon 53. Manzano 71. Veranito 72. West Potrillo Mountains Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness, Farmington Field Office Goal 3: Management Actions Goals Management is responsive Goal 1: Monitoring and Science to monitoring and science Expand the information and data important findings and to the needs to effectively manage units in an ecologically of communities, organiza- tions, and visitors. Continental Divide National Scenic Trail, sound manner. Continental Divide Wilderness Study Area, Socorro Field Office El Camino Real National Historic Trail, Socorro Field Office Goal 4: Planning Assure that all NLCS units have completed appropriate planning documents consistent with legislative mandates to help realize or Lonesome Ridge Wilderness Study Area, Carlsbad Field Office improve Goals 1 - 3. Goal 5: Partnerships Work with other entities Goal 2: Benefits where collaboration will Ensure units are directly beneficial to help realize or improve communities, organizations, and visitors. Goals 1 - 4. Fossil Forest Research Natural Area, Farmington Field Office Monitoring and Resource Assessments plans. A related consideration in BLM boundaries BLM utilizes a variety of systems to determine is the acquisition of easements and inholdings the conditions of the public lands. For example, when property owners express interest in selling rangeland conditions are determined through and acquisition is consistent with the purposes Situation Analysis upland health assessments, and wilderness areas for which the unit was designated. The MLB plan Materials detailing management guidance, Assure that RMPs under development or revision are monitored through wilderness character for NLCS units will assist in preventing impacts documenting existing conditions, and identifying include decisions required for the appropriate monitoring. Understanding the condition of and responding to boundary issues that arise, and management issues will be drawn upon to identify management of NLCS units. Existing RMPs will be resources is an essential step before identifying will result in action items derived from the MLB actions needed to further the National Strategy. reviewed to identify decisions not yet implemented. workload. planning efforts. These include: Activity Level Plans Where monitoring or resource assessments Annual Reports Legislation These are plans that do not allocate resources but identifies violations of law or regulations or Some, but not all BLM programs, prepare annual The legislation designating many NLCS units provide resource specific management guidance. conditions not within BLM established standards, reports. For example, an annual report is prepared contains management requirements and action Examples include Wilderness Management Plans, action items will be identified to address those for NCAs and NMs. These reports may identify items. Regulations and manuals provide or Travel Management Plans. This type of planning situations and given high priority. Action items may emerging issues or needs not identified elsewhere. further clarification for broad based legislative is frequently integrated within RMPs for National also be developed where monitoring or assessments requirements. Monuments and National Conservation Areas. identify conditions which could be improved but Staff Reports do not include a violation or conditions outside of Whether formally prepared or informal verbal RMP Assure that activity level plans under development established standards. reports, it is important to assure field staff A Resource Management Plan (RMP) is a land use include decisions required for the appropriate observations are captured during annual workload plan that describes broad multiple-use direction for management of NLCS units. BLM policy requires Management of Land Boundary (MLB) Plans development. managing public lands administered by the BLM. the development of activity level plans under certain These plans define and guide the management Decisions in land use plans allocate resources and situations (for example, wilderness management of BLM boundaries for NLCS units. These plans Communication Plans guide future land management actions and site- plans or allotment management plans).
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