Federal and State Land Management in New Mexico
Light yellow = BLM lands (surface management) Blue = state trust lands
Wednesday, September 9, 2020
Quick Facts: Scope of Oil and Gas Leasing and Development (and Spills/Leaks) on Public Lands in New Mexico
WELC panel at CCFF Meeting, September 8th, 2020
I. Overview of Public Lands in New Mexico and the Permian
A. Federal: BLM
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM), part of the Department of the Interior, manages oil and gas on federal public lands in New Mexico. The New Mexico office, encompassing New Mexico, Kansas, and Oklahoma, oversees 45 million acres of mineral estate and more than 2 million acres of Native American mineral estate.
• Permian: The BLM Pecos District Office oversees the Carlsbad and Roswell Field Offices and the Hobbs Field Station. The Pecos District Office encompasses over 3.5 million acres of public lands and over 7 million acres of Federal mineral estate.
o The Carlsbad Field Office is especially relevant here, as it will be issuing a final Resource Management Plan for public comment/protest soon.
The Carlsbad Field Office Planning Area covers 6.2 million acres, of which 2.1 million surface acres and 2.7 million subsurface acres are BLM-administered.
Covers Lea, Eddy, Chaves counties
CCFF Zoom Presentation, September 8, 2020
Citizens Caring for the Future, Presentation on Zoom, September 8, 2020
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