New Mexico & El Paso
by Mary Katherine Ray Rio Grande Chapter Wildlife Chair (575) 772-5655 The Game Commission made some terrible decisions about carnivores and wolves last year, but your presence and protests showed the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that we support them. This
By Teresa Seamster, Northern Group chair The 2015 State Wildlife Action Plan took two years to develop and was prepared with the cooperation of many state partners, such as Natural Heritage New Mexico at UNM, Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research
At its November meeting, the New Mexico Game Commission decided not to decide on the Ladder Ranch permit to hold endangered Mexican gray wolves. Previously, the commission denied the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service a permit to import and release
New Mexico lobos win! The New Mexico Game Commission voted Sept. 29 to deny the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service a permit to release more wolves into the Gila, despite overwhelming public opposition and science indicating that the wild wolf
Game Commission to make another important decision — this time about endangered Mexican wolves — on Sept. 29 On Monday, the Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter launched a radio campaign targeting Gov. Susana Martinez regarding her Game Commission’s decisions to
Bears and Cougars are part of New Mexico’s natural heritage. They are beautiful and important animals in nature. But the New Mexico Game Commission has approved the use of painful and cruel traps and snares on private land and on
Please mark your calendars to attend the New Mexico Game Commission meeting on Aug. 27 at the Santa Fe Community College Jemez room. The final proposal for new hunting rules for bears and hunting and trapping rules for cougars should
We wish Margot Wilson a relaxing and rewarding retirement! From forest-restoration projects to travel management plans to injudicious mining proposals to State Game Commission meetings, Margot Wilson has advocated for the outdoors, our wildlife, our water and our natural landscapes
SILVER CITY, N.M.— Eight conservation organizations in the TrapFree New Mexico coalition sent a letter on May 1 urging state game commissioners to reject the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish’s proposed cougar-trapping season. The coalition letter highlights the
For Immediate Release, May 1, 2015 Contacts: Mary Katherine Ray, (575) 772-5655, mkrscrim@gmail.com; Phil Carter, (505) 967-5297, phil@apnm.org; Michael Robinson, (575) 3137017, michaelr@biologicaldiversity.org; Kevin Bixby, (575) 649-7260, kevin@wildmesquite.org; Judy Paulsen, (505) 899-3245, jpaulsen@projectcoyote.org SILVER CITY, N.M.— Eight conservation organizations in the TrapFree New