TITLE 19 NATURAL
RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE
CHAPTER 34 WILDLIFE
HABITAT AND LANDS
PART 5 WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAS
19.34.5.1 ISSUING
AGENCY: New Mexico department of game and fish.
[19.34.5.1 NMAC - Rp, 19.34.5.1 NMAC, 4/1/2023]
19.34.5.2 SCOPE:
Department staff, licensed hunters, anglers and trappers and other users
as allowed by rule.
[19.34.5.2 NMAC - Rp, 19.34.5.2 NMAC, 4/1/2023]
19.34.5.3 STATUTORY
AUTHORITY: Sections 17-1-14 and 17-1-26 NMSA 1978
provide that the New Mexico state game commission has the authority to identify
game refuges and to establish rules and regulations that it may deem necessary
to carry out the purposes of Chapter 17 NMSA 1978.
[19.34.5.3 NMAC - Rp, 19.34.5.3 NMAC, 4/1/2023]
19.34.5.4 DURATION:
Permanent.
[19.34.5.4 NMAC - Rp, 19.34.5.4 NMAC, 4/1/2023]
19.34.5.5 EFFECTIVE
DATE: April 1, 2023, unless a different date is
cited at the end of a section.
[19.34.5.5 NMAC - Rp, 19.34.5.5 NMAC, 4/1/2023]
19.34.5.6 OBJECTIVE: To
identify wildlife management areas created by the state game commission.
[19.34.5.6 NMAC - Rp, 19.34.5.6 NMAC, 4/1/2023]
19.34.5.7 DEFINITIONS:
A. “Department” shall mean the
New Mexico department of game and fish.
B. “Wildlife management area” shall mean
an area of land owned or controlled by the state game commission and designated
by the commission or department as a wildlife management area.
[19.34.5.7 NMAC - Rp, 19.34.5.7 NMAC, 4/1/2023]
19.34.5.8 WILDLIFE
MANAGEMENT AREAS:
A. Bear
Canyon lake wildlife management area is located approximately 2 miles north of
Mimbres and is more fully described in deeds on file in Grant county and with
the department.
B. Belen
wildlife management area is part of the Ladd S. Gordon complex and is located
approximately 2 miles south of Belen and is more fully described in deeds on
file in Valencia county and with the department.
C. Bernardo
wildlife management area, part of the Ladd S. Gordon complex, is located
approximately 15 miles south of Belen and is more fully described in deeds on
file in Socorro county and with the department.
D. Bernardo
wildlife management area, Simms donation, part of the Ladd S. Gordon complex,
is located approximately 16 miles south of Belen and is more fully described in
deeds on file in Socorro county and with the department.
E. Bert
Clancy wildlife management area is located between Pecos and Cowles and is more
fully described in deeds on file in San Miguel county and with the department.
F. Bill
Evans lake wildlife management area is located approximately 8 miles south of
Cliff and is more fully described in deeds on file in Grant county and with the
department.
G. Bluebird
wildlife management area is located approximately 6 miles southeast of Cuba on
state road 126 and is more fully described in deeds on file in Sandoval county
and with the department.
H. Casa
Colorada wildlife management area, part of the Ladd
S. Gordon complex, is located approximately 7 miles southeast of Belen on the
east side of the Rio Grande and is more fully described in deeds on file in
Valencia county and with the department.
I. Charette
lakes wildlife management area is located approximately 23 miles southwest of
Springer and is more fully described in deeds on file in Mora county and with
the department.
J. Clayton
lake wildlife management area is located approximately 15 miles north of
Clayton and is more fully described in deeds on file in Union county and with the
department.
K. Colin
Neblett wildlife management area is located immediately east of the village of
Eagle Nest and Eagle Nest lake and is more fully described in deeds on file in
Colfax county and with the department.
L. Double
E wildlife management area is located approximately 6 miles northeast of Gila
and is more fully described in deeds on file in Grant county and with the
department.
M. Eagle
Nest lake wildlife management area is located immediately south of the village
of Eagle Nest and is more fully described in deeds on file in Colfax county and
with the department.
N. Edward
Sargent wildlife management area is located immediately north of Chama and is
more fully described in deeds on file in Rio Arriba county and with the
department.
O. Elliott
Barker wildlife management area is located approximately 15 miles northwest of
Cimarron and is more fully described in deeds on file in Colfax county and with
the department.
P. Fenton
lake wildlife management area is located approximately 9 miles north of Jemez
Springs and is more fully described in deeds on file in Sandoval county and
with the department.
Q. Glenwood
Allred wildlife management area is located immediately south of Glenwood and is
more fully described in deeds on file in Catron county and with the department.
R. Hammond
Tract wildlife management area is located approximately 2 miles east of Blanco
and is more fully described in deeds on file in San Juan county and with the
department.
S. Heart
Bar wildlife management area is located approximately 36 miles north of Silver
City and is more fully described in deeds on file in Grant and Catron counties,
and with the department.
T. Jackson
lake wildlife management area is located approximately 8 miles northwest of Farmington
along the La Plata river and includes management of state land office section
16 and bureau of land management section 21 and is more fully described in
deeds on file in San Juan county and with the department.
U. La
Joya wildlife management area, part of the Ladd S. Gordon complex, is located
approximately 20 miles south of Belen and is more fully described in deeds on
file in Socorro county and with the department.
V. Lake
Roberts wildlife management area is located approximately 20 miles north of
Silver City and is more fully described in deeds on file in Grant county and
with the department.
W. Marquez
wildlife management area is located approximately 25 miles north of Laguna and
is more fully described in deeds on file in McKinley and Sandoval counties and
with the department.
X. McAllister
lake wildlife management area is located approximately 7 miles southeast of Las
Vegas and is more fully described in deeds on file in San Miguel county and
with the department.
Y. Marquez/LBar
wildlife management area is located approximately 25 miles north of Laguna and
is more fully described in deeds on file in Cibola, McKinley and Sandoval
counties and with the department.
Z. Mimbres
Tract wildlife management area is located approximately 1 mile southeast of
Mimbres, and is more fully described in deeds on file in Grant county and with
the department.
AA. Navajo wildlife
management areas are located approximately 10 miles northeast of Navajo Lake
and are more fully described in deeds on file in San Juan county, Rio Arriba
county and with the department.
BB. Pine
river wildlife management area is located approximately 1 mile south of the
Colorado border off state road 511 and is more fully described in deeds on file
in San Juan county and with the department.
CC. Prairie-chicken
wildlife management areas are located throughout Chaves, DeBaca, Lea and
Roosevelt counties and are more fully described in deeds on file in said
counties and with the department.
DD. Red
Rock wildlife management area is approximately 26 miles north of Lordsburg and
is more fully described in deeds on file in Grant county and with the
department.
EE. Retherford
wildlife management area is located approximately 3 miles southeast of Bloomfield
and is more fully described in deeds on file in San Juan county and with the
department.
FF. Rio
Chama wildlife management area is located approximately 14 miles south of
Chama, bordering El Vado reservoir and the Chama river, and is more fully
described in deeds on file in Rio Arriba county and with the department.
GG. Rio
de los Pinos wildlife management area is located approximately 10 miles
southwest of Antonito, Colorado and is more fully described in deeds on file in
Rio Arriba county and with the department.
HH. River
Ranch wildlife management area is located approximately 24 miles northwest of
Deming and is more fully described in deeds on file in Grant county, Luna
county, and with the department.
II. San
Simon Cienega wildlife management area is located approximately 16 miles
northwest of Animas and is more fully described in deeds on file in Hidalgo
county and with the department.
JJ. Socorro-Escondida wildlife
management area is located approximately 3 miles northeast of Socorro and is
more fully described in deeds on file in Socorro county and with the
department.
KK. Tres
Piedras wildlife management area is located approximately 5 miles southeast of
Tres Piedras and is more fully described in deeds on file in Taos county and
with the department.
LL. Tucumcari
lake wildlife management area is located immediately east of Tucumcari and is
more fully described in deeds on file in Quay county and with the department.
MM. Urraca
wildlife management area is located approximately 12 miles north of Questa and
is more fully described in deeds on file in Taos county and with the
department.
NN. Wagon
Mound wildlife management area is located approximately 1 mile north of Wagon
Mound and is more fully described in deeds on file in Mora county and with the
department.
OO. Water canyon wildlife management area is located
approximately 18 miles northeast of Grants by Mount Taylor and is more fully
described in deeds on file in Cibola county and with the department.
PP.
William A. Humphries
wildlife management area is located approximately 10 miles west of Chama, south
of US highway 64/84 and is more fully described in deeds on file in Rio Arriba
county and with the department.
QQ. William
S. Huey wildlife management area is located approximately 2 miles north of
Artesia and is more fully described in deeds on file in Eddy county and with
the department.
[19.34.5.8 NMAC - Rp, 19.34.5.8 NMAC, 4/1/2023]
History of 19.34.5 NMAC:
Pre-NMAC History: The material in this Part was derived from
that previously filed with the State Records Center and Archives:
DGF 67-10, Order No. 14-67, Creating Miller Mesa
Game Refuge, No. 319, 9/22/67.
DGF 70-7, Order No. 4-70, Creating Alcalde
Refuge, No. 320, 8/24/70.
DGF 70-7, Amendment No. 1, Order No. 2-74,
Re-Creating the Alcalde Game Refuge, No. 320, 3/6/74.
DGF 70-10, Order No. 9-70, Amending the Artesia
Game Refuge, No. 318, 12/9/70.
DGF 81-3, Order No. 5-81, New Boundaries for the
Artesia Game Refuge, No. 318, 5/27/81.
Order No. 5-85, New Boundaries for the Artesia
Waterfowl Management Area No. 318, 9/11/85.
Order No. 1-86, Changing the Name of the Artesia
Waterfowl Management Area No. 318 to the William S. Huey Waterfowl Management
Area No. 318, 3/25/86.
DGF 72-10, Order No. 6-72, Amending the Bernardo
State Game Refuge, No. 314, 8/15/72.
DGF 72-10, Amendment No. 1, Order No. 2-76,
Amending the Bernardo State Game Refuge, No. 314, 5/25/76.
DGF 72-10, Amendment No. 2, Order No. 6-79,
Amending Boundaries of Bernardo State Game Refuge, No. 314, and Providing for
Retriever Trial and Training on a Portion of the Refuge, 7/27/79.
Order No. 4-83, Amending Boundaries of Bernardo
State Game Refuge, No. 314, and Providing for Retriever Trials and Training on
a Portion of the Refuge, 9/7/83.
DGF 72-13, Order No. 8-72, Regulating Hunting on
Certain State Lands, 9/26/72.
DGF 74-1, Order No. 16-73, Amending the La Cueva
State Game Refuge, No. 300, 1/3/74.
DGF 75-10, Order No. 7-74, Creating the Mary S.
Sprague State Game Refuge, No. 321, 10/28/75.
DGF 79-5, Order No. 4-79, Amendment to No. 3 to
the Boundary Description of the Big Hatchet Game Refuge, No. 10, 6/27/79.
Order No. 11-81, Amending Fort Bayard Game
Refuge, 8/19/81.
Order No. 2-82, Creating the Casa Colorada State Game Refuge, No. 322, 3/2/82.
Order No. 1-83, Hunting on State Game Refuges,
3/9/83.
Order No. 7-86, Creating the Ladd S. Gordon
Wildlife Management Area, 1/5/87.
History of Repealed Material:
DGF 73-5, Order No. 7-73, Abolishing the La
Huerta State Game Refuge, No. 311, 5/31/73.
Order No. 15-81, Abolishing the La Cueva State
Game Refuge No. 300, 9/4/81.
Order No. 3-82, Abolishing the Organ Mountains
and San Simon State Game Refuges, 3/2/82.
Order No. 14-82, Abolishing the San Juan State
Game Refuge, 12/15/82.
Order No. 1-87, Abolishing the Miller Game
Refuge - Repealed 6/4/87.
19.34.5 NMAC, Wildlife Management Areas, filed
12/1/99 - Repealed effective 7/15/13.
19.34.5 NMAC, Wildlife Management Areas, filed
6/27/2013 - Repealed effective 4/1/2023.