Month: March 2025

  For immediate release: March 31, 2025 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 Nico Lorenzen, Wild Arizona (520) 289-0147, nico@wildarizona.org Claire Musser, Grand Canyon Wolf Recovery Project (928) 202-1325 claire@gcwolfrecovery.org Regan Downey, Wolf Conservation Center (914) … Wandering Wolf “Ella” Found Deceased in New Mexico

The wild Mexican gray wolf population has reached a new milestone with a minimum of 286 wolves now roaming the landscapes of New Mexico and Arizona, according to the latest annual census released by state wildlife agencies. This marks the ninth consecutive year of population growth for this endangered subspecies, representing an 11% increase from … Mexican Gray Wolf Population Reaches New Milestone, But Recovery Faces Challenges

New Mexico legislators have passed a measure that strengthens the Strategic Water Reserve. The bill creates a permanent fund, adds aquifer recharge as a new purpose, and allows water acquisitions that also benefit recreation and culture. This provides a more flexible, powerful tool to keep water in rivers as flows decline.

The Calf Canyon Fire in New Mexico ignited from prescribed burns gone awry and consumed vast landscapes—trees bursting into flame, wildlife displaced, and ancestral lands scorched. In poetic and haunting detail, the article chronicles the fire’s devastating legacy, the small signs of regrowth, and the urgent need for deeper stewardship of our public lands.

BLM – Rio Grande del Norte National Monument Resource Management Plan Environmental Assessment USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service – Rangeland Grasshopper and Mormon Cricket Suppression Program in Rio Arriba County Environmental Assessment Forest Service – Land Management Plan Direction for Old Growth Forest Conditions Across the National Forest System Environmental Impact Statement Forest … New Mexico Wild’s 2024 Public Comments and Administrative Protests: Our Voice Across the State

Each year, we issue a nationwide invitation to artists of all ages, urging them to create original pieces inspired by the Mexican gray wolf. This year, we were overwhelmed by the response, receiving 192 incredibly beautiful and diverse submissions! New Mexico Wild staff, board members, and members of the Aldo Leopold Circle then vote for … Announcing the 2025 Wolf Stamp Contest Winner!

By Simon Doneski, graduate student in invertebrate ecology and conservation at the University of New Mexico In 1972, mathematician and meteorologist Edward Lorenz first coined the term “butterfly effect,” stating that “whatever we do affects everything and everyone else, if even in the tiniest way.” He famously claimed that “when a butterfly flaps its wings, … The Butterfly Effect: Protected lands, butterfly conservation, wildlife management and the interconnectedness of it all