Campaigns

We are constantly building a statewide grassroots movement to support and defend wilderness in New Mexico. Every week our organizers are on the road, visiting the many diverse communities of our State, spreading educational and inspirational messages, and mobilizing a large constituency for wild lands protection.

Otero Mesa

This vast and complex grassland is home to many species of wildlife, native plants and independent cattle ranches that have been in operation for generations. Considered to be the largest and wildest grassland left on public lands in North America, Otero Mesa faces the threat of full-scale oil and gas development.

Doña Ana County Wilderness

From the ocotillo gardens and grass-covered hills of Aden Lava Flow to the deep and rugged ravines of Broad Canyon decorated with ancient petroglyphs, and up to the panoramic peaks of the Organ Mountains, the wild public lands of Dona Ana County truly represent some of the last great wilderness quality land in the Rocky Mountain West.

El Rio Grande Del Norte National Conservation Area

 

Sabinoso Wilderness

Located 40 miles east of Las Vegas, NM, the Sabinoso Wilderness Study Area is one of the best examples of great-plains ecosystem left in New Mexico. Sabinoso is a 17,000 acre ecological jewel. Rising 1,110 feet from the surrounding plains, the area sits upon the Canadian Escarpment, creating a diversity of habitats ranging from forests, cliffs, and riparian bottomlands. If designated Wilderness, Sabinoso will be the only Wilderness area on the northeastern plains of New Mexico.

Chaco Culture National Historic Park

 

National Parks Wilderness

 

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge