Scaled quail are found throughout the area. Pheasants are less numerous, but are hunted. There are few trees and little brush cover for deer, so few live there. A few prairie dog towns remain. The land is flat to rolling, with good cover of short and mid-grasses.
Antelope are common and hunting is permitted in New Mexico.
Camp and picnic facilities have been developed at Thompson Grove, about 14 miles northeast of Texline on the Rita Blanca National Grassland and in Mills Canyon, about 10 miles southwest of Mills on the Kiowa National Grassland.