Hiking along the edge of the Rio Grande Gorge, New Mexico, photo by Bob Wick, BLM

What We Manage in New Mexico

BLM employees in New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas care for 13.5 million acres of public lands, plus 42 million acres of federal oil, natural gas, and minerals.  These lands contain nationally-significant energy and mineral resources, a great variety of wildlife, and an abundance of recreational opportunities. 

Come explore our outstanding national monuments and wilderness areas, visit unique historic and prehistoric sites, and enjoy our developed recreation sites.  You will see that public lands in New Mexico offer breathtaking scenery, from rolling prairies and lush riparian areas to open woodlands and desert peaks – the iconic landscapes of the American West.

BLM employees in Texas manage the 11,000-acre Cross Bar property near Amarillo, plus the nation’s Federal Helium Program.  BLM Oklahoma manages federal surface acreage as well as nearly 20 million acres of federal and Indian mineral estate in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas, plus long-term holding facilities for wild horses.  BLM Oklahoma also manages a very active horse and burro adoption program.

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A landscape view of Gila Lower Box Canyon, New Mexico, photo by Mike Howard