Everything about The Cibola National Forest totally explained
The
Cibola National Forest is a 1,631,266-
acre (2,548.85 sq mi, or 6,601.5 km²)
United States National Forest in western and central
New Mexico,
USA. The forest also manages four
National Grasslands that stretch from northeastern New Mexico eastward into the
Texas Panhandle and western
Oklahoma. It is administered by the
United States Forest Service from offices in
Albuquerque, New Mexico. Elevation ranges from to . (The preceding figures don't include any of the four National Grasslands mentioned below, which are detailed in their individual articles.)
The Cibola National Forest is organized into several divisions over three states. The
Rita Blanca National Grassland (92,989 acres | 145.3 sq mi | 376.3 km² in
Dallam County, Texas and
Cimarron County, Oklahoma),
Black Kettle National Grassland (31,286 acres | 48.9 sq mi | 126.6 km² in
Roger Mills County, Oklahoma and
Hemphill County, Texas), and
McClellan Creek National Grassland (1,449 acres | 2.26 sq mi | 5.86 km² in
Gray County, Texas) are in the
Oklahoma-
Texas panhandle region.
New Mexico is home to much of the Forest, including the
Kiowa National Grassland (136,417 acres | 213.15 sq mi | 552.06 km² in
Harding,
Union,
Mora, and
Colfax counties, New Mexico). The Sandia Ranger District is in Central New Mexico in eastern
Bernalillo and southeastern
Sandoval counties, and includes the
Sandia Mountains and the
Manzanita Mountains. The
Sandia Mountain Wilderness is included in this area.
In central New Mexico the Mountainair Ranger District in
Torrance, northwestern
Lincoln, and eastern
Valencia counties, includes the
Gallinas Mountains and the
Manzano Mountains, including the
Manzano Mountain Wilderness. The Mount Taylor Ranger District is in northern
Cibola, southern
McKinley, and western Sandoval counties in western New Mexico, and includes
Mount Taylor and the
Zuni Mountains.
The Magdalena Ranger District is in south central New Mexico in western
Socorro, northeastern
Catron, and northern
Sierra counties, and is comprised of the
Bear Mountains, the Datil Mountains, the
Magdalena Mountains and the
San Mateo Mountains. There are two wilderness areas in this area - the
Apache Kid and
Withington Wilderness areas.
Not counting the three Grasslands areas, the
Cibola National Forest proper is located in descending order of land area in Socorro, Cibola, McKinley, Catron, Torrance, Bernalillo, Sandoval, Lincoln, Sierra, and Valencia counties in New Mexico.
The combined Cibola National Grasslands are 262,141 acres (409.6 sq mi, or 1,060.85 km²) in size.
Cibola biomes range from Chihuahuan desert to short grass prairie to piñon-juniper to sub-alpine spruce and fir. It offers an abundance of commercial and recreational opportunities including grazing, oil/gas, timber, picnicking, camping, skiing, hiking and mountain biking as well as the aerial
Sandia Peak Tramway with a restaurant and skiing at the top. The region also boasts wildlife as diverse as the biomes they inhabit.
Animals represented include:
Due to the
Rio Grande, a large variety of migrating waterfowl and other birds follow the river's
flyway during the spring and fall.
Birds of prey are also present using the updrafts and
thermals along the north-south alignment of the central mountains for their migration.
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