Summit Resources LLC

Through collaborative efforts of the property owner, Trust for Public Land, and U.S. Forest Service, approximately 1,280 acres of Tampico Springs Ranch were conveyed to the United States of America c/o Cibola National Forest. The federal acquisition of this property allows for the preservation of sensitive wildlife habitat, the consolidation of National Forest lands, and the continuation of land use consistent with that of adjacent Tribal lands.

Tampico Draw, which crosses the property, is a tributary of Rio Nutria and the Zuni River. Upper portions of the Zuni River drainage provide varying degrees of habitat for the Zuni bluehead sucker, a state listed (New Mexico: Endangered, Federal: Candidate), native fish that currently survives in fragmented populations. Detailed information on this subspecies is available from the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish.