Area Description
The Southwest Region includes Counties:
Catron, Dona Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, Luna, Sierra and Socorro.
This geographically diverse region encompasses the Middle and Lower Rio Grande valleys, the Gila River watershed, the San Mateo, Gila and Peloncillo mountains, and large areas of Chihuahuan Desert. The wide variety of ecological communities makes for some of the highest biological diversity in the state and North America. Land ownership is a mix of Cibola and Gila National Forest, Bureau of Land Management, State Trust, Department of Defense and private lands. Primary rural economic activities and land uses include ranching, farming, mining, tourism and ranchette development.
Project Profiles
Bingham Ranch