Month: July 2021

Celebrating an Expansion of the Sabinoso Wilderness

Celebrating an Expansion of the Sabinoso Wilderness

On Friday, July 23, New Mexico Wild participated in a great public lands event to celebrate the 9,855 acre addition to the Sabinoso Wilderness southeast of Las Vegas, NM. The event was headlined by Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, Senators Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Luján, and Representative Teresa Leger Fernandez. Congress designated the Celebrating an Expansion of the Sabinoso Wilderness

Sabinoso Wilderness to expand by nearly 10,000 acres

Sabinoso Wilderness to expand by nearly 10,000 acres

By Sam Gilbert | Santa Fe New Mexican July 14, 2021 When U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich first visited the Sabinoso Wilderness Area — a rugged landscape of steep canyons, lush riparian areas and sandstone cliffs near Las Vegas, N.M. — he was struck by how dramatically different it was from the rest of the state. “Its Sabinoso Wilderness to expand by nearly 10,000 acres

Celebrate Latino Conservation Week

Celebrate Latino Conservation Week

  By Simon Sotelo, New Mexico Wild Community Grassroots Organizer The Paper | July 14, 2021 New Mexico Wild and many of our partner organizations are working together to make this year’s Latino Conservation Week the best one yet. Latino Conservation Week was started by the Hispanic Access Foundation to support Latino communities in getting Celebrate Latino Conservation Week

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