Month: March 2025

Wandering Wolf “Ella” Found Deceased in New Mexico

Wandering Wolf “Ella” Found Deceased in New Mexico

  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

Mexican Gray Wolf Population Reaches New Milestone, But Recovery Faces Challenges

Mexican Gray Wolf Population Reaches New Milestone, But Recovery Faces Challenges

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

2025: A Historic State Legislative Session for Water and Wildlife!

2025: A Historic State Legislative Session for Water and Wildlife!

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.

Calf Canyon Fire: An Autohistoria

Calf Canyon Fire: An Autohistoria

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.

A Conversation with Steve Harris, the Rio’s Favorite Uncle

A Conversation with Steve Harris, the Rio’s Favorite Uncle

Editor’s Note.  Excerpt from Paul Bauer, Ph.D. Emeritus Principal Geologist New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources, New Mexico Tech: “If rivers represent the allegorical lifeblood of New Mexico, then Steve Harris has been the state’s unofficial cardiologist for the last 40 years. Steve’s familiarity with the Rio Grande, from source to sea, is A Conversation with Steve Harris, the Rio’s Favorite Uncle

New Mexico Wild’s 2024 Public Comments and Administrative Protests: Our Voice Across the State

New Mexico Wild’s 2024 Public Comments and Administrative Protests: Our Voice Across the State

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

Announcing the 2025 Wolf Stamp Contest Winner!

Announcing the 2025 Wolf Stamp Contest Winner!

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!

PRESS STATEMENT: New Mexico Wild Celebrates Historic Wildlife Management Reform

PRESS STATEMENT: New Mexico Wild Celebrates Historic Wildlife Management Reform

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Garrett VeneKlasen, garrett@nmwild.org, (505) 670-2925 New Mexico Wild Celebrates Historic Wildlife Management Reform SANTA FE, N.M. (March 21, 2025) — New Mexico Wild celebrates the signing of Senate Bill 5, the most significant reform to the state’s wildlife management since 1923. Although we are disappointed that the Governor used a line-item PRESS STATEMENT: New Mexico Wild Celebrates Historic Wildlife Management Reform

PRESS RELEASE: Bill to improve tool keeping more water in New Mexico’s waterways passes legislature 

PRESS RELEASE: Bill to improve tool keeping more water in New Mexico’s waterways passes legislature 

The New Mexico Senate passed SB 21, which restores protections for 95% of waterways left vulnerable by federal rollbacks and authorizes the state to take over permitting for the waters that are still federally protected. The bill now moves to the House.

The Butterfly Effect: Protected lands, butterfly conservation, wildlife management and the interconnectedness of it all

The Butterfly Effect: Protected lands, butterfly conservation, wildlife management and the interconnectedness of it all

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

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