On March 23rd, 2023, Governor Lujan Grisham signed Senate Bill 72 into law. This bill creates a wildlife corridor fund and invests $5 million in state funding to help decrease wildlife-vehicle collisions. In New Mexico, there are roughly 1,200 crashes a year, costing drivers nearly $20 million in damages. The Los Alamos Daily Post published … Governor Signs Bill To Create Wildlife Crossing Fund
Policy will Rebalance BLM’s Focus on Recreation, Conservation, and Climate Impacts Contacts: Bjorn Fredrickson, New Mexico Wild, bjorn@nmwild.org, (206) 372-5608 Keegan King, Native Land Institute, keegan@native-lands.org, (505) 910-0712 Photos for Media Use March 30, 2023 (Albuquerque, New Mexico) – New Mexicans welcomed today’s announcement of a rule that modernizes the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) … New Mexicans Applaud New “Public Lands Rule” that Could Protect Local Lands
Each year, we send out a call for artists of all ages across the country to submit original artwork inspired by the Mexican gray wolf. This year, we received an astounding number of entries–113! New Mexico Wild staff, board members, and members of the Aldo Leopold Circle then vote for the winner, whose artwork is … Announcing the 2023 Wolf Stamp Contest Winner!
Governor Lujan Grisham’s Signing of Landmark Conservation and Wildlife Protection Bills is Celebrated by New Mexico Wild Contacts: Mark Allison, mark@nmwild.org, 505-239-0906 Santa Fe, New Mexico (March 23, 2023) – Today, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham was joined by New Mexico Wild’s Executive Director Mark Allison and leaders from across the state representing conservation, tribal, traditional use, … Governor Lujan Grisham’s Signing of Landmark Conservation and Wildlife Protection Bills is Celebrated by New Mexico Wild
Contact: Jacqueline Covey, Defenders of Wildlife, jcovey@defenders.org New Mexicans Applaud Governor Signing Bill to Create Wildlife Crossing Fund New legislation will save lives and money Albuquerque, NM (March 23, 2023) – New Mexicans praised lawmakers for new investments the state is making in wildlife corridors to protect wildlife and motorists. Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed … New Mexicans Applaud Governor Signing Bill to Create Wildlife Crossing Fund
Contacts: Mark Allison, mark@nmwild.org, 505-239-0906 Silver City, New Mexico (March 15, 2023) – Today, New Mexico Wild and our thousands of members across the state are celebrating the reintroduction of legislation to protect the Gila, San Francisco and East Fork of the Mimbres Rivers under the Wild and Scenic Act. U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray … New Mexico Wild Celebrates Reintroduction of Legislation to Protect the Gila, San Francisco rivers as Wild and Scenic
New Mexico Wild is celebrating the reintroduction of legislation to establish the approximately 13,000-acre Cerro de la Olla Wilderness within the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument. Introduced on March 2nd, 2023, the legislation is sponsored by Senator Martin Heinrich Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez. Senator Ben Ray Luján and Representative Melanie Stansbury are original … Heinrich, Leger Fernández Lead N.M. Delegation To Introduce Bill To Designate Cerro De La Olla Wilderness
In an article published by the Public News Service on March 2, 2023, New Mexico Wild’s Senior Water Policy Analyst, Tricia Snyder, discussed the importance of funding the Strategic Water Reserve through Senate Bill 167. “People are not going to be willing to come to the table to even begin negotiations on a sale or … NM Lawmakers Urged to Allocate More Money to Purchase Water
