Cibola National Forest and National Grasslands

Contact Information

Cibola National Forest & National Grasslands

2113 Osuna Rd. NE
Albuquerque, NM 87113

Phone: 505-346-3900

Steve Hattenback

Forest Supervisor
Steve Hattenbach

Public Affairs Officer
Donna Nemeth

Black Kettle/McClellan Creek National Grasslands
District Ranger:
Tom Smeltzer
Phone: 580-497-2143

Kiowa/Rita Blanca National Grasslands
District Ranger:
Mike Atkinson
Phone: 575-374-9652

Magdalena Ranger District
District Ranger:
Kim Obele
Phone: 575-854-2281

Mountainair Ranger District
District Ranger:
Jay Turner
Phone: 505-847-2990

Mt. Taylor Ranger District
District Ranger:
Alvin Whitehair
Phone: 505-287-8833

Sandia Ranger District
District Ranger:
Crystal Powell
Phone: 505-281-3304

Lake McClellan at sunset

The Cibola National Forest and National Grasslands are located in New Mexico, Texas, and Oklahoma and are part of the Southwestern Region.

The Cibola National Forest covers more than 1.6 million acres in New Mexico, with elevations ranging from 2,700 feet to over 11,300 feet. We have four ranger districts: Sandia, Mountainair, Magdalena, and Mt. Taylor. In addition, the Cibola has four wilderness areas: Sandia Mountain, Manzano Mountain, Withington, and Apache Kid.

The Cibola also administers four National Grasslands: Black Kettle, McClellan Creek, Kiowa, and Rita Blanca, which cover 263,261 acres in northeastern New Mexico, western Oklahoma, and northern Texas.

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Features

Redondo Prescribed Burn and Diener Canyon Fire

Redondo Escaped Prescribed Fire Facilitated Learning Analysis, Questions and Answers and a Timeline of Events about the Diener Canyon Fire - a prescribed fire (prescribed burn) and three additional fires human-caused fires on the Mt. Taylor Ranger District the week of April 9, 2018.

Forest Plan Revision

Until recently, management of the four National Grasslands and four mountain districts was guided by the 1985 Cibola National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan. A new, separate plan for the National Grasslands became effective October 16, 2012. The Grasslands plan and Final Programmatic EIS were developed under the provisions of the 1982 Planning Rule.

The assessment phase of forest plan revision for the "mountain districts," the Sandia, Mountainair, Mount Taylor, and Magdalena Ranger Districts—is underway. Please see our forest plan revision webpage.

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