Month: November 2021

Calling All Artists: Enter the 2022 Wolf Stamp Contest

Calling All Artists: Enter the 2022 Wolf Stamp Contest

At New Mexico Wild, we believe that wolves belong so it is troubling to learn that the outgoing Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt has issued a ruling to strip protections from gray wolves in all 48 lower states. While the order doesn’t apply to the Mexican gray wolf subspecies found in New Mexico, the Calling All Artists: Enter the 2022 Wolf Stamp Contest

A tribute to David Soules: A man of the land.

A tribute to David Soules: A man of the land.

By Mark Allison David Soules was one of the kindest, most generous people you could ever meet. He had an easy laugh and an infectious boyish enthusiasm, particularly evident when talking about or experiencing southern New Mexico’s public lands and the Chihuahuan desert. He was a passionate presence and would bring his engineer’s brain to A tribute to David Soules: A man of the land.

Consider water when considering Cow Creek development

Consider water when considering Cow Creek development

Dear Editor In New Mexico, our resources are considered our most valuable asset. Although once rich with an abundance of water, we are quickly losing one of our greatest resources by assuming our water is safe, secure and protected. Our state is developing a 50-year water plan to combat drought, and yet when a project Consider water when considering Cow Creek development

Wild Munchies Backcountry Cookbook

Wild Munchies Backcountry Cookbook

By Isa Nellos The idea of designing an NM Wild cookbook came to me one day while I was sitting in my Forest Service house in Pecos. The weather was unpleasant to be out in the field due to the rain so we had extra time on our hands to do office work. For about Wild Munchies Backcountry Cookbook

New Mexico Wild statement on Interior’s proposal to withdraw lands in Greater Chaco region from oil and gas leasing

New Mexico Wild statement on Interior’s proposal to withdraw lands in Greater Chaco region from oil and gas leasing

New Mexico Wild Executive Director Mark Allison has issued the following statement in response to an announcement by President Joe Biden and the Department of the Interior that it is proposing a withdrawal of all federally-managed public lands within ten miles of Chaco Culture National Historical Park from future oil and gas lease sales for New Mexico Wild statement on Interior’s proposal to withdraw lands in Greater Chaco region from oil and gas leasing

Heinrich, Lujan seek wild and scenic river designation for the Gila

Heinrich, Lujan seek wild and scenic river designation for the Gila

By Hannah Grover | New Mexico Political Report November 5, 2021 In the face of climate change and a history of proposals to dam or divert water from the Gila River, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Luján, Democrats from New Mexico, have introduced legislation that would designate a section of the Gila River in Heinrich, Lujan seek wild and scenic river designation for the Gila

New Mexico Wild celebrates reintroduction of legislation to protect Gila, San Francisco rivers as Wild and Scenic

New Mexico Wild celebrates reintroduction of legislation to protect Gila, San Francisco rivers as Wild and Scenic

New Mexico Wild is celebrating legislation reintroduced by U.S. Sens. Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Luján to protect the Gila, San Francisco and East Fork of the Mimbres Rivers under the Wild and Scenic Act. The M.H. Dutch Salmon Greater Gila Wild and Scenic River Act designates approximately 446 miles of river segments as Wild, New Mexico Wild celebrates reintroduction of legislation to protect Gila, San Francisco rivers as Wild and Scenic

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