Month: November 2022

Keeping the Gila River Wild for People and the Planet

Keeping the Gila River Wild for People and the Planet

By Molly Brind’Amour Environmental and Energy Study Institute | October 6, 2022 Home to thousands of years of human history, hundreds of species of birds, and one of the largest roadless areas in the continental United States, the Gila River and its accompanying wilderness stands in a category of their own, even among the majesty of the Southwest. As Keeping the Gila River Wild for People and the Planet

New Mexicans Applaud the Introduction of Legislation to Protect Public Lands Surrounding Chaco Canyon from Oil and Gas Drilling

New Mexicans Applaud the Introduction of Legislation to Protect Public Lands Surrounding Chaco Canyon from Oil and Gas Drilling

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 18, 2022 Contact: Mark Allison, mark@nmwild.org , (505) 239-0906 New Mexicans Applaud the Introduction of Legislation to Protect Public Lands Surrounding Chaco Canyon from Oil and Gas Drilling Diverse supporters push for a mineral withdrawal on public lands  Albuquerque, NM – New Mexicans are applauding the reintroduction of the Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act, introduced by New Mexicans Applaud the Introduction of Legislation to Protect Public Lands Surrounding Chaco Canyon from Oil and Gas Drilling

New Mexicans Celebrate Introduction of Legislation to Permanently Protect Greater Chaco

New Mexicans Celebrate Introduction of Legislation to Permanently Protect Greater Chaco

Media Contacts: Mark Allison, mark@nmwild.org, (505) 239-0906 Albuquerque, NM (November 17, 2022) – Today, Senators Ben Ray Luján and Martin Heinrich, and Congresswomen Teresa Leger Fernández and Melanie Stansbury reintroduced the Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives, respectively, a bill to prevent future mineral leasing on federally owned New Mexicans Celebrate Introduction of Legislation to Permanently Protect Greater Chaco

Discovering the Caja del Rio: An Early October Group Hike Through Diablo Canyon

Discovering the Caja del Rio: An Early October Group Hike Through Diablo Canyon

By Sara Bergthold, NM Wild’s Digital Communications Coordinator In mid-October, several members of the Aldo Leopold Circle joined New Mexico Wild staffers on a hike through Diablo Canyon in the northernmost section of the Caja del Rio Plateau. Despite being someone who has spent much of her life living and recreating in the Rio Grande Discovering the Caja del Rio: An Early October Group Hike Through Diablo Canyon

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