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, 7-15-13]
19.34.5.2 SCOPE: Department staff, licensed hunters, anglers
and trappers and GAIN permit holders.
[19.34.5.2 NMAC - Rp, 19.34.5.2 NMAC, 7-15-13]
19.34.5.3 STATUTORY
AUTHORITY: Sections 17-1-14 and
17-1-26 NMSA 1978 provide the New Mexico state game commission with 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, 7-15-13]
19.34.5.4 DURATION: Permanent.
[19.34.5.4 NMAC - Rp, 19.34.5.4 NMAC, 7-15-13]
19.34.5.5 EFFECTIVE
DATE: July 15, 2013, unless a
different date is cited at the end of a section.
[19.34.5.5 NMAC - Rp, 19.34.5.5 NMAC, 7-15-13]
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, 7-15-13]
19.34.5.7 DEFINITION:
A. Wildlife
management area (WMA) means an area of land owned or controlled by the state
game commission and designated by the commission or department as a WMA.
B. [RESERVED]
[19.34.5.7 NMAC - Rp, 19.34.5.7 NMAC, 7-15-13]
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 is part of the Ladd S. Gordon complex and 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 is part of the Ladd S. Gordon complex
and 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 (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. 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.
M. 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.
N. 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.
O. 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.
P. 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.
Q. 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.
R. 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.
S. La Joya wildlife management area (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.
T. 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.
U. 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.
V. 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.
W. 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.
X. 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.
Y. 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.
Z. 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.
AA. 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.
BB. 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.
CC. 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.
DD. 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.
EE. 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.
FF. 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.
GG. 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.
HH. 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.
II. William S. Huey
wildlife management area is comprised of the Artesia and Karr farms and is
located approximately 2 miles north of Artesia and is more fully described in
deeds on file in Eddy county and with the department.
JJ. 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.
[19.34.5.8 NMAC - Rp, 19.34.5.8 NMAC, 7-15-13]
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.