BY THERESA DAVIS / JOURNAL STAFF WRITER The Rio Grande is drying in Albuquerque, which hasn’t happened in nearly four decades. New Mexico water officials point to legal issues with Texas, extreme drought and a changing climate, thirsty vegetation and a resistance to using less water as some reasons behind the current situation. The experts encouraged … ‘Status quo is not an option’ for Rio Grande
By Martin Heinrich and Chris Wood Senator Heinrich, a Democrat, represents New Mexico in the U.S. Senate. Mr. Wood is the president and chief executive officer of the conservation group Trout Unlimited In 1872, seven years after the end of the Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant was president, John Wesley Powell was completing his second … This Mining Law Is 150 Years Old. We Really Need to Modernize It.
By Devon Naples New Mexico Wild staff and volunteers were humbled to celebrate the resilience of the Las Vegas and Mora area’s people and ecosystems with our Rise from the Ashes event on July 23. In collaboration with Hermit’s Peak Watershed Alliance, Conservation Lands Foundation, HECHO, Continental Divide Trail Coalition, Latino Outdoors, and NMFWRI, New … Rising from the Ashes
Starting this year, New Mexico Wild wants to begin recognizing one volunteer each year that goes above & beyond in their efforts to aid New Mexico Wild & our mission. This year, New Mexico Wild recognizes Savannah Warmus as the Volunteer of the Year for her awesome work. Since starting her volunteer work with New … Volunteer Appreciation 2022
By Emma Yoder In the fall, New Mexico Wild announced a Recipe Contest. Last year, Nancy Morton Intern Isa Noelles created a backcountry recipe book. To celebrate the book and Isa’s hard work, New Mexico Wild decided to host the recipe contest. Participants could submit up to four recipes within four categories: Breakfast, Entrees, Trail … New Mexico Wild is excited to announce the winners to our 2021-2022 Recipe Contest!
By Spencer Schacht | KOB LAS VEGAS, N.M. – People in and around Las Vegas have struggled as mother nature threw them her worst. First, the largest and most destructive wildfire in New Mexico’s history put the community on edge. The Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Fire never made it inside the city but more than 300 … ‘Rising from the Ashes’ event brings Las Vegas community together
BY GAIL STEPHENS / ALBUQUERQUE RESIDENT A recent piece in the June 5 Journal compared federal and state actions on the Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Fire this year unfavorably to federal-state action on the Cerro Grande fire in 2000. The problem with such a comparison is the world now is a very different place than it was … Climate change has made fire threat worse than 2000
By Ralph Vigil; Ralph@nmwild.org; (505) 603-2879 Las Vegas, N.M. (July 20, 2022) – This Saturday, join New Mexico Wild, Hermit’s Peak Watershed Alliance, The Conservation Lands Foundation, HECHO, The Las Vegas New Mexico Community Foundation, New Mexico Economic Development Department, NMFWRI, NM Healthy Soil Working Group, Latino Outdoors, and Continental Divide Trail Coalition for “Rise … Hispano/Latino Conservation Week Celebration Comes to the Plaza in Las Vegas, New Mexico
By Robert Nott When Jesse Deubel learned Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham had named former state Sen. Gregg Fulfer to the State Game Commission last month, he found the appointment “extremely curious.” If Deubel’s language was soft, his misgivings were real. During Fulfer’s term as a legislator from 2018-20, … Appointments, vacancies spark criticisms of State Game Commission
Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham Proclaims July 16th- July 24th Latino Conservation Week in New Mexico Contact: Juan Sanchez; juan@nmwild.org; (505) 559-0516 Albuquerque, N.M. (July 18, 2022)- New Mexico Wild applauds Governor Lujan Grisham for proclaiming the third week of July, Latino Conservation Week.
By Adrian Hedden, Carlsbad Current Argus New federal rules governing the recovery of Mexican gray wolves, known as “lobos,” in New Mexico were immediately challenged after being enacted last week as environmentalists criticized the regulations as inadequate to save the species from extinction. A group of New Mexico environmental groups announced a lawsuit against the … Lobo population cap lifted, but environmentalists say new rules don’t go far enough
Local communities applaud Lujan Grisham administration’s support for water protections for northern New Mexico streams Jul 12, 2022 | News Release Conserving watersheds will preserve clean water, cultural history, traditional irrigation, outdoor recreation A diverse coalition, including Tribal leaders and governments, community members, local governments, farmers, acequia members, water conservation groups, and outdoor recreationists applaud the New … Local communities applaud Lujan Grisham administration’s support for water protections for northern New Mexico streams
