Forest Guardians - Southwestern Forests - Issue

SOUTHWEST FORESTS

Legislative Solutions

▪ Legislative Forest Restoration
▪ Forest Protection - NFPRA

Preservation and Management

▪ Roadless Areas

▪ Clean Waters & Wild Forests

▪ Public Lands Logging

▪ Forest Planning and Management

▪ Forest Restoration Principles

▪ Wildland Fire

▪ Forest Wildlife

Preservation Efforts by Forest

▪ Carson National Forest

▪ Cibola National Forest

▪ Lincoln National Forest

▪ Rio Grande National Forest

▪ Santa Fe National Forest

SOUTHWEST RIVERS

ENDANGERED SPECIES

DESERTS & GRASSLANDS

GRAZING REFORM

RIVER RESTORATION

HOME

Southwest Forests > Lincoln National Forest

Lincoln National Forest

Photo: USDA NRCS

The Lincoln National Forest is located in the Sacramento Mountains which overlook the Tularosa Basin and the White Sands National Monument in southeast New Mexico. Lincoln National Forest comprises 1.1 million acres.

Related Information

The Lincoln National Forest

The Lincoln National Forest includes three major mountain ranges; Sacramento, Guadalupe and Capitan that cover 1,103,441 acres in parts of four counties in southeastern New Mexico. Elevations of 4,000 to 11,500 feet pass through five different life zones from Chihuahuan desert to sub-alpine forest.

Recent Press and Documents

1/9/2008
Environmental Groups Sue Over Listing of Rare Butterfly

1/7/2008
Federal Protection Sought for Rare New Mexico Butterfly

10/16/2007
Groups Urge Emergency Federal Protection for Rare Checkerspot Butterfly

6/28/2007
Sacramento Mountains Checkerspot Butterfly at Risk From Spraying

6/28/2007
Petition Requesting the Emergency Protections for the Sacramento Mountains checkerspot butterflly

A Citizen’s Call for Ecological Forest Restoration: Forest Restoration Principles and Criteria

For specific questions about our efforts to protect our forests, contact Bryan Bird, Southwest Forests program director.