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March 22, 2023

Governor Lujan Grisham’s Signing of Landmark Conservation and Wildlife Protection Bills is Celebrated by New Mexico Wild

Governor Lujan Grisham’s Signing of Landmark Conservation and Wildlife Protection Bills is Celebrated by New Mexico Wild Contacts: Mark Allison, mark@nmwild.org,…

March 22, 2023

New Mexicans Applaud Governor Signing Bill to Create Wildlife Crossing Fund

Contact: Jacqueline Covey, Defenders of Wildlife, jcovey@defenders.org New Mexicans Applaud Governor Signing Bill to Create Wildlife Crossing Fund New legislation…

March 17, 2023

New Mexico Wild Celebrates Reintroduction of Legislation to Protect the Gila, San Francisco rivers as Wild and Scenic

Contacts: Mark Allison, mark@nmwild.org, 505-239-0906 Silver City, New Mexico (March 15, 2023) – Today, New Mexico Wild and our thousands of members…

March 3, 2023

Heinrich, Leger Fernández Lead N.M. Delegation To Introduce Bill To Designate Cerro De La Olla Wilderness

New Mexico Wild is celebrating the reintroduction of legislation to establish the approximately 13,000-acre Cerro de la Olla Wilderness…

March 1, 2023

NM Lawmakers Urged to Allocate More Money to Purchase Water

In an article published by the Public News Service on March 2, 2023, New Mexico Wild’s Senior Water Policy Analyst,…

February 27, 2023

Conservation Groups Celebrate Record Mexican Gray Wolf Population But Caution Against Using Numbers Alone To Measure Recovery

For immediate release: February 28, 2023 Media contacts: Greta Anderson, Western Watersheds Project, (520) 623-1878; greta@westernwatersheds.org Chris Smith, WildEarth Guardians,…

February 27, 2023

In the Field: Wilderness Defender Training

By Sara Bergthold, Digital Communications Coordinator for New Mexico Wild At the intersection where hiking, volunteer service, and technology meet,…

February 23, 2023

Message from the Executive Director Regarding Removal of Feral Cattle from Gila Wilderness

Dear New Mexico Wild Member: We write to inform you of New Mexico Wild’s involvement in joining with a diverse…

February 23, 2023

Bill to fund large game animal crossings advances

In an article published by the Taos News on February 22, 2022, Garrett VeneKlasen, New Mexico Wild’s Northern Conservation…

February 17, 2023

Update on the Removal of Feral Cattle in the Gila Wilderness

During the 53-day public comment period in late December and early January 2023, the Forest Service received over four thousand…

February 16, 2023

New Mexicans Overwhelmingly Support the Removal of Feral Cattle from the Gila Wilderness; Thank Gila National Forest for Taking Necessary Action

New Mexicans Overwhelmingly Support the Removal of Feral Cattle from the Gila Wilderness; Thank Gila National Forest for Taking Necessary…

February 12, 2023

Op-Ed: BLM must lead, prioritize meaningful conservation

In an Albuquerque Journal Letter to the Editor published February 12, 2023, Jim Baca, the former Albuquerque Mayor, former…

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