My View By Andrew Black | The Santa Fe New Mexican | Published January 28th, 2023 The recent death of a man from multiple gunshots on the Caja del Rio is just the latest tragic incident that speaks to a culture of lawlessness that has been allowed to persist on the Caja. As community leaders … Wild West lawlessness at Caja must stop
Thousands of New Mexicans, biologists, and conservationists across the Southwest cheered on a young female Mexican gray wolf as she was tracked traversing the New Mexico landscape heading north in search of a mate in late December. After leaving the Rocky Prairie pack in the Mexican wolf experimental population area in late December and crossing the … Asha’s Journey: The Captivating Northward Migration of an Endangered Mexican Gray Wolf Comes to a Premature End
By New Mexico Wild Staff | January 26, 2023 On January 18, 2023, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a final rule revising the definition of “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS), which clarifies which waterbodies are subject to jurisdictional protection under the federal Clean Water Act (CWA). The … New Mexico Wild Statement on Revised “Waters of the United States” Definition
By Lois Manno, Grant Writer for New Mexico Wild “Another switchback…how wonderful!” I wheezed out this sarcastic gasp as we neared the end of our hike up the Pino Trail to its connection with the Crest Trail in the Sandia Mountain Wilderness. Topping out at just shy of 10,000 feet, this trail is not for … A Perfect Day on the Pino Trail
By Geoffrey Plant | Taos News, Jan 18, 2023, updated Jan 19, 2023 A female Mexican gray wolf crossed into Northern New Mexico last week from the Experimental Mexican Wolf Population Area in southern New Mexico, where state and federal authorities have managed a reintroduction program since 1998. As of Tuesday (Jan. 17), the … Mexican gray wolf located east of Taos
BY KURT RILEY, JERRY ROGERS, DOUG SPORN AND DAVE SIMON / NM MEMBERS, SOUTHWEST REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL, NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION | The Albuquerque Journal, January 15, 2023 | Updated January 15th, 2023 Our state is home to one of the most remarkable places in the country. Chaco Culture National Historical Park and several sites surrounding … It’s time to protect the remarkable Greater Chaco once and for all
For immediate release: January 11, 2023 Media contacts: Greta Anderson, Western Watersheds Project (520)623-1878; greta@westernwatersheds.org Chris Smith, WildEarth Guardians (505) 395-6177; csmith@wildearthguardians.org Sally Paez, New Mexico Wild (505) 350-0664; sally@nmwild.org Renee Seacor, Project Coyote & The Rewilding Institute, (845)-402-0018; rseacor@projectcoyote.org Maggie Howell, Wolf Conservation Center, (914) 763-2373; maggie@nywolf.org Conservationists Celebrate Northward-Roaming Mexican Gray Wolf ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – This week a young female … Conservationists Celebrate Northward-Roaming Mexican Gray Wolf
We joined dozens of groups urging officials to stop removing Mexican gray wolves that cross Interstate 40. This arbitrary boundary hinders recovery by blocking natural dispersal, which is essential for genetic diversity. The case of wolf “Taylor” especially highlights the need to let wolves reclaim their historic range for true recovery.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 9th, 2023 Media Contact: Nathan Newcomer, nathan@nmwild.org, (505) 250-4225 Thousands of New Mexicans Support the Removal of Destructive Feral Cattle from the Gila Wilderness Silver City, NM (January 9, 2023) – Today, the Wilderness Ranger District of the Gila National Forest closed public comment on a proposal to remove unbranded, feral cattle from the Gila … Thousands of New Mexicans Support the Removal of Destructive Feral Cattle from the Gila Wilderness
By Reyaun Francisco | Santa Fe New Mexican, December 24, 2022 Indigenous communities have the right to protect their homelands and inherent knowledge. I remember many trips traveling with my grandpa through the Greater Chaco Landscape on my way between home in Iyanbito to Farmington. Between the music playing on KGAK – a Dine-speaking radio station … Biden and Congress can protect Chaco, Indigenous knowledge
