Month: April 2023

In 2022 New Mexico Wild commissioned a study from EcoAdapt, an independent, nongovernmental organization consisting of a team of climate scientists. The study, released in April 2023, evaluates how protecting public lands in New Mexico can help address climate change and biodiversity loss with the goal of identifying where new protections would have the greatest … More New Mexico land must be saved from oil and gas to prevent climate crisis, study says

In April 2023, Ralph Vigil, New Mexico Wild’s Grassroots Organizer for Northern New Mexico, and Garrett VeneKlasen, New Mexico Wild’s Northern Conservation Director, spoke with Richard Eeds on the Richard Eeds Show about Tererro Mine and the threat it poses to the Upper Pecos Watershed and local communities including Santa Fe. Listen to the episode … Tererro Mine: Garrett VeneKlasen and Ralph Vigil Featured on Radio Show

By Garrett VeneKlasen, NM Wild’s Northern Conservation Director

For Immediate Release: April 17, 2023 MEDIA CONTACTS: Maggie Howell, Wolf Conservation Center, (914) 763-2373; maggie@nywolf.org Greta Anderson, Western Watersheds Project (520)623-1878; greta@westernwatersheds.org Chris Smith, WildEarth Guardians, (505) 395-6177, csmith@wildearthguardians.org Michael Robinson, Center for Biological Diversity, (575) 313-7017, michaelr@biologicaldiversity.org Michelle Lute, Project Coyote, (406) 848-4910, mlute@projectcoyote.org Renee Seacor, The Rewilding Institute, (845) 402-0018, renee@rewilding.org Sally … Government Agents Kill Endangered Mexican Gray Wolf Father, Threatening Pack’s Survival

New Mexico Wild’s Senior Water Policy Analyst, Tricia Snyder, was featured in an article published by New Mexico In Depth on April 12th, 2023 that takes a look at New Mexico’s urgent need for strategic water use planning. “If you don’t have a scientific foundation for those needs, then how do you expect to be … Amid a withering drought, New Mexico leaders struggle to plan for life with less water

In 2021, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed an executive order calling for New Mexico to protect 30% of its land and waters by the year 2030, joining the national 30×30 initiative to combat climate change and improve the long-term resiliency of our ecosystems and natural landscapes. The executive order set two goals to be reached … Help improve New Mexico’s conservation priorities as part of the 30×30 campaign