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style="display:none">Protected area in northeast New Mexico</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive 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data-file-width="576" data-file-height="378" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Kiowa National Grassland with Rabbit Ear Mountains in the background.</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output 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class="infobox-label">Nearest city</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Clayton,_New_Mexico" title="Clayton, New Mexico">Clayton, NM</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Coordinates</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Kiowa_National_Grassland&params=36.167_N_104.167_W_region:US_type:landmark_dim:25km"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">36°10′01″N</span> <span class="longitude">104°10′01″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">36.167°N 104.167°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">36.167; -104.167</span></span></span></a></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">137,131 acres (554.95 km<sup>2</sup>)<sup id="cite_ref-area_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-area-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1960</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Governing body</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Forest_Service" title="United States Forest Service">U.S. Forest Service</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/cibola/about-forest/districts/?cid=fsbdev3_065702">Kiowa and Rita Blanca National Grasslands</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Kiowa National Grassland</b> is a <a href="/wiki/National_Grassland" class="mw-redirect" title="National Grassland">National Grassland</a>, located in northeastern <a href="/wiki/New_Mexico" title="New Mexico">New Mexico</a>. The southwestern <a href="/wiki/Great_Plains" title="Great Plains">Great Plains</a> <a href="/wiki/Grassland" title="Grassland">grassland</a> includes <a href="/wiki/Prairie" title="Prairie">prairie</a> and part of the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_River" title="Canadian River">Canadian River</a> Canyon. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sections">Sections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kiowa_National_Grassland&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Sections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It is located in two non-adjacent units of northeastern New Mexico. The western unit is located in northwestern <a href="/wiki/Harding_County,_New_Mexico" title="Harding County, New Mexico">Harding</a>, eastern <a href="/wiki/Mora_County,_New_Mexico" title="Mora County, New Mexico">Mora</a>, and southeastern <a href="/wiki/Colfax_County,_New_Mexico" title="Colfax County, New Mexico">Colfax</a> counties. The smaller eastern unit is located in eastern <a href="/wiki/Union_County,_New_Mexico" title="Union County, New Mexico">Union County</a>, on the border with <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma" title="Oklahoma">Oklahoma</a> and <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a>. The grassland has a total area of 137,131 acres (55,495 ha).<sup id="cite_ref-area_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-area-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The grassland is administered by the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Forest_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Forest Service">U.S. Forest Service</a> together with the <a href="/wiki/Cibola_National_Forest" title="Cibola National Forest">Cibola National Forest</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Black_Kettle_National_Grassland" title="Black Kettle National Grassland">Black Kettle</a>, <a href="/wiki/McClellan_Creek_National_Grassland" title="McClellan Creek National Grassland">McClellan Creek</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Rita_Blanca_National_Grassland" title="Rita Blanca National Grassland">Rita Blanca</a> National Grasslands, from common headquarters located in <a href="/wiki/Albuquerque,_New_Mexico" title="Albuquerque, New Mexico">Albuquerque, New Mexico</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are local <a href="/wiki/National_Park_Ranger" class="mw-redirect" title="National Park Ranger">ranger</a> district offices located in <a href="/wiki/Clayton,_New_Mexico" title="Clayton, New Mexico">Clayton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Cibola_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cibola-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Communities">Communities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kiowa_National_Grassland&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Communities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The community of <a href="/wiki/Mills,_New_Mexico" title="Mills, New Mexico">Mills</a> lies within the western unit of the Kiowa National Grassland. <a href="/wiki/Clayton,_New_Mexico" title="Clayton, New Mexico">Clayton</a> is the nearest town to the eastern unit of the Grassland. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kiowa_National_Grassland&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Both units of the National Grassland consist of a patchwork quilt of public land interspaced with private land. Elevations on the Grassland range from 4,500 to 6,300 feet (1,400 to 1,900 m) which is high enough to moderate somewhat the summer temperatures of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Plains" title="Great Plains">Great Plains</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The average high and low temperatures for Clayton in July are 87 °F (31 °C) and 60 °F (16 °C) and January highs and lows are 47 °F (8 °C) and 20 °F (−7 °C). Annual precipitation is about 15 inches (380 mm) throughout the Grassland with July and August the wettest months and January and February the driest.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Semi-arid <a href="/wiki/Steppe" title="Steppe">steppe</a> grassland (shortgrass prairie) is the most common vegetation, covering 79 percent of the Grassland (including the adjacent <a href="/wiki/Rita_Blanca_National_Grassland" title="Rita Blanca National Grassland">Rita Blanca National Grassland</a>). Ten percent of the land is covered with <a href="/wiki/Pinyon_pine" title="Pinyon pine">Pinyon</a> – <a href="/wiki/Juniper" title="Juniper">Juniper</a> woodland, almost entirely in the western sector. A few stands of <a href="/wiki/Ponderosa_Pine" class="mw-redirect" title="Ponderosa Pine">Ponderosa Pine</a> are found in the Canadian River Canyon in the western sector. Nine percent of vegetative cover is <a href="/wiki/Sagebrush_(plant)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sagebrush (plant)">Sand Sagebrush</a> and one percent is <a href="/wiki/Populus_deltoides" title="Populus deltoides">Cottonwood</a> and <a href="/wiki/Willow" title="Willow">Willow</a> riparian forest. The Canadian River is the only permanent stream. <a href="/wiki/Dry_Lake" class="mw-redirect" title="Dry Lake">Playa lakes</a> (shallow lakes which hold rainwater part of the year) are commonly found.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Canadian_canyon.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Canadian_canyon.jpg/220px-Canadian_canyon.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Canadian_canyon.jpg/330px-Canadian_canyon.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Canadian_canyon.jpg/440px-Canadian_canyon.jpg 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="432" /></a><figcaption>The Canadian River Canyon near <a href="/wiki/Mills,_New_Mexico" title="Mills, New Mexico">Mills, New Mexico</a> has been proposed as a <a href="/wiki/Wilderness_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Wilderness Area">Wilderness Area</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Nearly all of the land in the Kiowa National Grassland is leased to ranchers for grazing cattle which is the main economic activity in the region. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recreation">Recreation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kiowa_National_Grassland&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Recreation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Antelope,_Kiowa_National_Grasslands.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Antelope%2C_Kiowa_National_Grasslands.jpg/220px-Antelope%2C_Kiowa_National_Grasslands.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Antelope%2C_Kiowa_National_Grasslands.jpg/330px-Antelope%2C_Kiowa_National_Grasslands.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Antelope%2C_Kiowa_National_Grasslands.jpg/440px-Antelope%2C_Kiowa_National_Grasslands.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3562" data-file-height="2505" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Pronghorn" title="Pronghorn">Pronghorn</a> Antelope, Kiowa National Grasslands</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Eastern_Unit">Eastern Unit</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kiowa_National_Grassland&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Eastern Unit"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Twenty-two miles (35 km) northeast of Clayton is McNees Crossing, a reliable source of water on the <a href="/wiki/Santa_Fe_Trail" title="Santa Fe Trail">Santa Fe Trail</a>. In 1828, two young traders, Robert McNees and Daniel Munro, were killed here by Native Americans. In 1831, the first celebration in New Mexico on Independence Day took place at McNees Crossing. Although on private property, a short trail leads to the crossing of <a href="/wiki/Corrumpa_Creek" title="Corrumpa Creek">Corrumpa Creek</a> and an historical marker. Seventeen miles (27 km) north of Clayton is a three-mile (4.8 km) section of the Santa Fe Trail which is open for walking and horseback riding. The trail is marked by rock posts. The ruts of wagons that passed this way in the nineteenth century are still present.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Western_Unit">Western Unit</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kiowa_National_Grassland&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Western Unit"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The rim of the Canadian River Canyon, also called Mills Canyon, is six miles (9.7 km) west of the nearly-deserted community of Mills. About 15 mi (24 km) of the red-rock, well-vegetated canyon are in the National Grassland. The canyon is 700 feet (210 m) deep and more than 1 mi (1.6 km) wide from rim to rim. A primitive campground is on the rim. A road down into the canyon is traversable by foot, horseback, or high-clearance vehicles. On the canyon floor are the ruins of the homestead of Melvin Mills who had an apple orchard and a home here in the early 1900s. The area is rich in wildlife including introduced <a href="/wiki/Barbary_Sheep" class="mw-redirect" title="Barbary Sheep">Barbary Sheep</a> which flourish among the cliffs.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Canadian River has a variety of sport fishes including <a href="/wiki/Largemouth_Bass" class="mw-redirect" title="Largemouth Bass">Largemouth Bass</a> and <a href="/wiki/Channel_Catfish" class="mw-redirect" title="Channel Catfish">Channel Catfish</a>. </p><p>A <a href="/wiki/Wilderness_area" class="mw-redirect" title="Wilderness area">wilderness area</a> encompassing 6,032 acres (2,441 ha) was proposed in 2008 for the Cimarron River Canyon. The proposal would preserve the pristine state of about eight miles of the canyon. Fishing, hunting, and non-motorized travel would be permitted in the wilderness area.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ruins_in_Mills_Canyon,_Kiowa_National_Grassland,_New_Mexico.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Ruins_in_Mills_Canyon%2C_Kiowa_National_Grassland%2C_New_Mexico.jpg/220px-Ruins_in_Mills_Canyon%2C_Kiowa_National_Grassland%2C_New_Mexico.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="275" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Ruins_in_Mills_Canyon%2C_Kiowa_National_Grassland%2C_New_Mexico.jpg/330px-Ruins_in_Mills_Canyon%2C_Kiowa_National_Grassland%2C_New_Mexico.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Ruins_in_Mills_Canyon%2C_Kiowa_National_Grassland%2C_New_Mexico.jpg/440px-Ruins_in_Mills_Canyon%2C_Kiowa_National_Grassland%2C_New_Mexico.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2461" data-file-height="3076" /></a><figcaption>Ruins in Mill's Canyon, Kiowa Natl. Grassland</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kiowa_National_Grassland&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_protected_grasslands_of_North_America" title="List of protected grasslands of North America">List of protected grasslands of North America</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Grasslands_of_the_Great_Plains_(U.S.)" title="Category:Grasslands of the Great Plains (U.S.)">Grasslands of the Great Plains (U.S.)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Native_grasses_of_the_Great_Plains_region" title="Category:Native grasses of the Great Plains region">Native grasses of the Great Plains region</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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title="Blue Range Wilderness">Blue Range</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bosque_del_Apache_Wilderness" title="Bosque del Apache Wilderness">Bosque del Apache</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capitan_Mountains_Wilderness" title="Capitan Mountains Wilderness">Capitan Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlsbad_Caverns_Wilderness" class="mw-redirect" title="Carlsbad Caverns Wilderness">Carlsbad Caverns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cebolla_Wilderness" title="Cebolla Wilderness">Cebolla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chama_River_Canyon_Wilderness" title="Chama River Canyon Wilderness">Chama River Canyon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbine%E2%80%93Hondo_Wilderness" title="Columbine–Hondo Wilderness">Columbine–Hondo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cruces_Basin_Wilderness" title="Cruces Basin Wilderness">Cruces Basin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dome_Wilderness" title="Dome Wilderness">Dome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gila_Wilderness" title="Gila Wilderness">Gila</a></li> <li><a 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