The Middle Pecos River Conservation Opportunity Area (COA) encompasses 54,870 ha (135,587 ac) that extends along the Pecos River from Fort Sumner to Lake Arthur, south of Roswell. Most of the COA is privately-owned (62%), but sizable portions are managed by the BLM (16.25%) and USFWS (12%). It contains two Important Bird Areas (Bitter Lake NWR and Bosque Redondo) and one TNC conservation area (Crawford Ranch). Only 14% of the COA is protected. Landcover includes 14 native vegetation habitats, open water, and agricultural, disturbed, and developed lands. Chihuahuan Desert Scrub is the dominant (60%) terrestrial habitat. Perennial aquatic habitats include 417 km (259 mi) of warm water streams and 22 ha (54 ac) of warm water reservoirs.
Habitats
Habitat Name | Habitat Size in Hectares |
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Arid West Interior Freshwater Emergent Marsh | 741.42 |
Chihuahuan Desert Scrub | 32922.45 |
Chihuahuan Semi-Desert Grassland | 3484.89 |
Cliff, Scree & Rock Vegetation | 175.86 |
Developed & Urban | 432.18 |
Great Plains Floodplain Forest | 1134.36 |
Great Plains Sand Grassland & Shrubland | 993.87 |
Great Plains Shortgrass Prairie | 5039.91 |
Herbaceous Agricultural Vegetation | 3720.69 |
Intermountain Dry Shrubland & Grassland | 417.78 |
Madrean Lowland Evergreen Woodland | 2.52 |
Open Water | 3013.29 |
Recently Disturbed or Modified | 479.25 |
Rocky Mountain Montane Shrubland | 11.43 |
Rocky Mountain Pinyon - Juniper Woodland | 31.95 |
Southwest Riparian Forest | 376.38 |
Desert Alkali-Saline Wetland | 114.03 |
Warm-Desert Arroyo Riparian Scrub | 1816.56 |