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Protect Our Public Lands Legacy
New Mexico’s public lands are the backdrop of many of our traditions and most treasured memories, and they sustain ecosystems that are essential to human and animal communities. However, these cherished places are under unprecedented threat from a coordinated, national campaign where counties are quietly adopting identical resolutions that challenge federal land protections and lay the groundwork for the transfer or privatization of our public lands.
The stakes could not be higher. Losing public lands means losing accessible natural spaces, critical wildlife habitat, cultural sites, clean water, and a sustainable outdoor economy. This is not a partisan issue—public lands unite us.
New Mexico's Waters Deserve Stronger Protections
New Mexico’s rivers, streams, and acequias are the lifeblood of our communities, our wildlife, and our culture — but they are under threat. Across the state, waterways are running dry and watersheds are being degraded faster than existing protections can keep pace. As we head into the next state legislative session, we need our elected officials to fight for our waters. Sign on to urge your legislators to do more to protect New Mexico’s rivers.
Keep Mining Out of Antelope Pass
The Canadian-owned Almadex Minerals has filed over 130 mining claims in Antelope Pass, home to a protected Research Natural Area and one of the most biologically significant landscapes in the Southwest. The area harbors the highest diversity of lizards in the continental U.S., supports more mammal species than Yellowstone, and serves as a critical wildlife corridor between Mexico and the Rocky Mountains. Mining would also threaten a nationally important dark-sky astronomical facility and the region’s quiet rural character. Tell decision makers not to prioritize foreign mining profits over the protection of this unique landscape.
No Uranium Mining in the Chama Basin
The Canadian-owned Gamma Resources has filed a notice of intent to drill up to 12 exploratory boreholes in the Chama Basin Watershed, home to centuries-old acequia irrigation systems and one of the most water-sensitive landscapes in northern New Mexico. The area supports traditional communities that have sustained agriculture for more than 400 years and provides critical water resources that, if contaminated by uranium, would require extraordinarily expensive, and likely impossible, remediation. Tell decision makers not to prioritize foreign mining profits over the protection of this unique watershed, our culture, and our traditional communities.
Stop handing our public lands over to livestock interests
The Bureau of Land Management is proposing the most sweeping rewrite of federal grazing regulations in decades, reshaping how more than 155 million acres of western public lands are managed and who gets a say. The proposal eliminates public participation rights, removes water quality protections, and prioritizes commercial livestock interests above all else — including wildlife habitat, streams, native plants, and wetlands. It would even expand grazing into allotments untouched for decades that serve as vital habitat for fish and wildlife, including threatened and endangered species.
Stop spraying toxic pesticides over our public lands
Every year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture aerially sprays chemical insecticides across hundreds of thousands of acres of western public lands to kill grasshoppers and Mormon crickets — often with no public notice. A federal court ruled in 2024 that the agency unlawfully ignored alternatives, and now it must rewrite the rules governing the entire program. The insecticides used threaten pollinators, wildlife, fish, and human health. A better path exists: ending chemical use in favor of monitoring and land stewardship. In 2023 and 2024, public pressure successfully stopped proposed spraying over New Mexico’s Rio Chama Watershed. It can happen again. Submit your comments to APHIS by July 20.
Protect Chaco Canyon
The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the 20-year, 10-mile protection zone around Chaco Canyon, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and living cultural landscape. The current protections were established after extensive public input and protect thousands of irreplaceable archaeological sites, public health, and dark skies from new oil and gas leasing on federal lands. Tell the federal administration not to prioritize industrial development over the preservation of our shared heritage.
Hands Off Our National Monuments
Join us in deterring the current administration from any attempts to reduce protections for New Mexico’s national monuments—specifically Rio Grande del Norte, Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks, and Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks. Our national monuments are part of our shared inheritance, not resources to be exploited by industry. We’re sending a loud message that any action to diminish these lands will be met with unified and powerful opposition through every available means.
Wolves Belong!
Federal permits are now allowing ranchers to kill endangered Mexican gray wolves seen within certain grazing allotments on public land — including potentially rare and genetically valuable individuals. Today’s wild wolf population descends from just 7 individuals and has already lost more than two-thirds of its original genetic diversity. Every breeding adult matters. Broad lethal permits, issued without verified evidence of predation or required nonlethal deterrence, risk unraveling decades of hard-won recovery. Submit a public comment opposing these permits. After you submit, request your free Wolves Belong sticker as a thank you for taking action!
Protect Caja del Rio
Caja del Rio is an ecologically and culturally rich landscape near Santa Fe that faces threats from illegal activities and large-scale development. Your support will help preserve wildlife corridors, protect cultural sites, and ensure proper stewardship of this diverse area for future generations.
No Tererro Mine
An Australian mining company is seeking to conduct exploratory drilling for a new mine in the Santa Fe National Forest, just a few miles from the pristine Pecos Wilderness and River. This area is still suffering from a devastating, century-old mining disaster that proved the long-term ecological and economic damage such operations cause. Please join us in urging our officials to prevent another reckless mining operation that threatens to contaminate the Pecos River and outdoor economy.
