Month: February 2022

Today, New Mexico Wild and a coalition of conservation and environmental organizations released the following recap of the New Mexico legislative session: Despite the legislative session being primarily devoted to budget issues, legislators missed an opportunity to provide full funding and staffing levels for state agencies that protect New Mexico’s air, land, water and wildlife. … Environmental Priorities See Mixed Results in Legislative Session

Chaco Canyon is the center of a vast, ancient Puebloan society that encompassed tens of thousands of people across four modern states in the American Southwest. At a special event at Chaco Culture National Historical Park in November 2021, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced that 351,000 acres of Federal surface lands in a … Protecting the Proposed 10-Mile Chaco Withdrawal Area

New Mexico Wild is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the individual(s) responsible for the desecration of the La Cieneguilla Petroglyph Site near Santa Fe, New Mexico. In January, rock petroglyphs were vandalized with graffiti. There is an active investigation underway regarding this crime. Anyone with information about this crime … New Mexico Wild offers reward for information leading to arrest of La Cieneguilla vandal(s)

Today New Mexico Wild and a coalition of environmental organizations praised efforts by the state House of Representatives to increase funding levels for key agencies like the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED), the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department (EMNRD), and the Office of Outdoor Recreation. Funding levels for FY2023 were recently released as part … Environmental Agencies & Priorities Receive Steady Gains in House Budget Bill, But Are Not Yet Fully Funded