Join James Cain at the Los Alamos Nature Center on Friday, October 19 to learn about how black bears in the Jemez Mountains have responded to recent wildfires and subsequent forest restoration treatments.
Bear talk at PEEC – October 19
What is an endangered wolf worth?
The Department of Justice revealed that public-land rancher Craig Thiessen pleaded guilty to trapping and killing an endangered Mexican wolf with a shovel. He was sentenced to pay a fine of $2,300 and sentenced to a year’s probation. How is that justice?
Tell Grant County To Stop Paying To Poison And Trap Wildlife
Grant County, NM has been paying Wildlife Services to kill native wildlife such as coyotes, often by cruel and unacceptable methods. Tell them you don’t want your tax dollars spent that way.
As NM trapping season ends, awful incidents spotlight need for reform
For yet another year, New Mexico’s trapping season has resulted in untold numbers of deaths and cruelty to native wildlife and companion animals across the state. Although the vast majority of New Mexicans do not trap wildlife and oppose trapping on public lands, New Mexico has failed to join its neighboring states in banning cruel and indiscriminate traps and snares. The statewide coalition TrapFree New Mexico continues to bring to light the indiscriminate cruelty that trapping causes, refuting baseless pro-trapping rhetoric with hard evidence and real stories.
It’s trapping season – beware
Sadly, wildlife tapping on public land is perfectly legal in New Mexico. Our Wildlife chair, Mary Katherine Ray, whose own dog just got caught in a trap, was able to release her dog it in about 30 seconds because she knows how. Read her story and learn more about this issue.
Final U.S. plan leaves wolves in trouble
Under court order, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released its final version of the Mexican Wolf Recovery Plan in late November. Most of the 100,000 comments they received were concerned with the low number of wolves allowed in the plan and the declining genetic diversity of the wild population. Unfortunately, this plan fails to adequately address those concerns.
Beaver-treated water in Santa Fe
Photographs of the Santa Fe River from the 1930s show a wide, meandering river with many side channels — created by beavers — flowing down a rural valley with the little city of Santa Fe in the distance.
Preventive action reduces bear encounters
Most of us live in an urban-wildland interface so it’s no longer possible for bears to have their own habitat and humans to have ours. We have to take the right steps to reduce human/bear interactions.
NM backs weak federal wolf plan
The NM Game Commission is considering a weakened lobo recovery plan and will announce their decision in November.
Wildlife photography: Cherish what we have
Being in nature with a camera enriches the experience. You will find yourself looking for the bird making that noise, and once you take his picture, you’ll have a record to help find out just what bird it was, then you’ll want to know more about him.