Month: February 2023

For immediate release: February 28, 2023 Media contacts:  Greta Anderson, Western Watersheds Project, (520) 623-1878; greta@westernwatersheds.org Chris Smith, WildEarth Guardians, (505) 395-6177; csmith@wildearthguardians.org Michelle Lute, Project Coyote, (406) 848-4910; mlute@projectcoyote.org Emily Renn, Grand Canyon Wolf Recovery Project, (928) 202-1325, emily@gcwolfrecovery.org Sally Paez, New Mexico Wild, (505) 350-0664, sally@nmwild.org Renee Seacor, The Rewilding Institute, (845) 402-0018, … Conservation Groups Celebrate Record Mexican Gray Wolf Population But Caution Against Using Numbers Alone To Measure Recovery

By Sara Bergthold, Digital Communications Coordinator for New Mexico Wild At the intersection where hiking, volunteer service, and technology meet, you’ll find the Dave Foreman Wilderness Defenders Program.  Launched in 2022 in honor of New Mexico Wild Co-Founder and legendary conservationist Dave Foreman, this volunteer program serves as an opportunity for New Mexico Wild’s supporters … In the Field: Wilderness Defender Training

Dear New Mexico Wild Member: We write to inform you of New Mexico Wild’s involvement in joining with a diverse group of conservation and community leaders to support removal of feral cattle from the Gila Wilderness through lethal and non-lethal means.  Since the mid-1970’s, the Gila National Forest (GNF) has struggled to address the devastating … Message from the Executive Director Regarding Removal of Feral Cattle from Gila Wilderness

  In an article published by the Taos News on February 22, 2022, Garrett VeneKlasen, New Mexico Wild’s Northern Conservation Director, speaks on the powerful impact wildlife corridors would have on New Mexico and the importance of allocating adequate seed money towards the Create Wildlife Corridors Fund, a bill sponsored by Senator Mimi Stewart. “In … Bill to fund large game animal crossings advances

During the 53-day public comment period in late December and early January 2023, the Forest Service received over four thousand comments in support of the removal of feral cattle that are destroying fish and wildlife habitat, overgrazing native vegetation, trampling stream banks, and polluting critical water sources. New Mexico Wild submitted its final commens to the … Update on the Removal of Feral Cattle in the Gila Wilderness

New Mexicans Overwhelmingly Support the Removal of Feral Cattle from the Gila Wilderness; Thank Gila National Forest for Taking Necessary Action  Media Contacts: Todd Schulke, Center for Biological Diversity, (505) 388-8799, TSchulke@biologicaldiversity.org Mark Allison, New Mexico Wild, (505) 239-0906, mark@nmwild.org Sally Paez, New Mexico Wild, (505) 350-0664, sally@nmwild.org   Click here for video of unbranded feral cattle in the Gila.   Silver City, NM (February 16, 2023) – Today … New Mexicans Overwhelmingly Support the Removal of Feral Cattle from the Gila Wilderness; Thank Gila National Forest for Taking Necessary Action 

  In an Albuquerque Journal Letter to the Editor published February 12, 2023, Jim Baca, the former Albuquerque Mayor, former BLM Director, and former NM Land Commissioner stressed the importance of the role Interior Secretary Deb Haaland’s Bureau of Land Management must play in the “protection of New Mexico’s and our nation’s wildest public lands, … Op-Ed: BLM must lead, prioritize meaningful conservation