Month: July 2025

New Mexico Wild joined 34 other conservation organizations representing over two million members in calling on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to stop removing Mexican gray wolves that cross Interstate 40. The coalition letter focuses on “Taylor,” an adult male wolf who has repeatedly returned to the Mount Taylor area west of Albuquerque despite … 35 Conservation Groups Urge Federal Wildlife Officials: Let “Taylor” the Wolf Stay North of I-40

The following op-ed written by Luke Koenig was published in the Santa Fe New Mexican on July 20, 2025. When I was younger, I worked as a seasonal park ranger in Yellowstone National Park. I worked in the youth program, where I had the privilege of taking groups of teenagers into the world’s first national … It’s the same (very, very) old story about wolves

New Mexico Wild is proud to share our formal comment letter to the New Mexico Department of Game & Fish in support of the updated State Wildlife Action Plan (SWAP). In this letter, we highlight the critically important role this science-based framework will play in safeguarding New Mexico’s rich wildlife heritage, over 6,000 documented species, including rare, imperiled, and … Standing with Science: New Mexico Wild’s Endorsement of the SWAP Update

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Mark Allison, mark@nmwild.org, 505-239-0906 New Mexico Wild Condemns Roadless Rule Rollback SANTA FE, NM (July 1, 2025) – While thousands of New Mexicans demonstrated unprecedented support for public lands during the Western Governors’ Association meeting in Santa Fe last month, Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced the Trump administration’s plan to roll … New Mexico Wild Condemns Roadless Rule Rollback