New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE
Chapter 34 - WILDLIFE HABITAT AND LANDS
Part 2 - HABITAT PROTECTION
Section 19.34.2.8 - VEHICLE USE CLOSURE

(1) No vehicle shall be operated on the Carson national forest areas described in Paragraphs (1) through (4) of Subsection A of 19.34.2.9 NMAC, Paragraphs (6) through (10)of Subsection A of 19.34.2.9 NMAC, and San Simon canyon recreation area as described in Subsection C of 19.34.2.9 NMAC except on those roads therein that have been posted with arrows as open.

(2) No vehicle shall be operated on the Carson national forest area described in Paragraph (5) of Subsection A of 19.34.2.9 NMAC below between the dates of January 1 and August 15 of each year except on those roads therein that have been posted with arrows as open.

(3) No vehicle shall be operated on the Cibola national forest area described in Subsection B of 19.34.2.9 NMAC below between the dates of December 15 of each year and March 31 of the following year except on those roads therein that have been posted with arrows as open.

(1) For the purposes of camping and parking, motor vehicles shall be allowed up to 300 feet on each side of those roads that are posted with arrows as open.

(2) The restrictions imposed by this regulation shall not apply to private land nor landowner access thereto within the prescribed areas.

(3) Restrictions and prohibitions imposed by this regulation shall not apply to public employees acting in the scope of their employment nor to grazing permittees, mineral claimants, special use permittees, or their assignees or designees, when traveling in the restricted areas for the specific purpose for which their permits or leases were issued or granted.

(4) The restrictions and prohibitions imposed by this regulation shall not apply in emergency situations such as fire or other disasters or where necessary to protect life or property.

(5) Snowmobiles only may be used in Carson national forest area described in Paragraph (9) of Subsection A of 19.34.2.9 NMAC and in portions of those areas described in Paragraphs (2), (3) and (4) of Subsection A of 19.34.2.9 NMAC that are marked as open to snowmobiles use by signs.

(6) In the Valle Vidal area described in Paragraph (10) of Subsection A of 19.34.2.9 NMAC below, unattended motor vehicle parking shall be allowed only during the day and within twenty feet of the roadway along roads that are posted with arrows as open. Unattended motor vehicle parking shall be allowed overnight and during the day on designated parking areas and vehicular camping shall be allowed only in designated campgrounds.