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May 29, 2020

New fire restrictions are in place for three New Mexico forests; New Mexico Wild launches online hiking guide

By Adrian Gomez | Albuquerque Journal May 28, 2020 Stay-at-home orders have been in place since mid-March. New Mexico is…

May 24, 2020

Get back out there: New Mexico trails to hike as COVID-19 restrictions lifted

Adrian Hedden | Carlsbad Current-Argus May 22, 2020 As New Mexico begins easing travel restrictions and stay-at-home orders implemented to…

May 22, 2020

Santa Fe New Mexican: ‘Wild’ designation will protect the Gila

By Santa Fe New Mexican Editorial Board May 18, 2020 If anyone ever questioned how important public lands are to…

May 20, 2020

New Mexico Wild launches new online Hiking Guide featuring over 100 trails in New Mexico Wilderness

Guide features filtered searches and downloadable trail maps ALBUQUERQUE (May 20, 2020) – In anticipation of an eventual easing of…

May 17, 2020

Udall, Heinrich introduce long-awaited legislation to protect portions of the Gila River

By Kendra Chamberlain | New Mexico Political Report May 13, 2020 U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich introduced legislation…

May 16, 2020

Ranchers, conservation groups unhappy with the new clean water rule, but for different reasons

By Kendra Chamberlain | New Mexico Political Report May 15, 2020 The Donald Trump administration only finalized its new clean…

May 14, 2020

Enviros sue to stop ‘unreasonably narrow’ Trump wetland rule – E&E News

By Jeremy P. Jacobs | E&E News April 29, 2020 Environmental groups launched their legal assault on the Trump…

May 14, 2020

New Mexico’s U.S. senators propose Gila River protections

By Scott Wyland | Santa Fe New Mexican May 12, 2020 The most environmentally sensitive portions of New Mexico’s Gila…

May 12, 2020

New Mexico Wild celebrates new legislation to protect Gila, San Francisco rivers as Wild and Scenic

Senators Udall, Heinrich introduce bill with broad support from southwestern New Mexicans ALBUQUERQUE (May 12, 2020) – New Mexico Wild…

May 11, 2020

BLM silences voices during pandemic – Congresswoman Deb Haaland

By Congreswoman Deb Haaland Albuquerque Journal | May 10, 2020 In the midst of the current public health and economic…

May 4, 2020

2020 Wilderness Poetry Contest First Place Winner: “On the forest trail” by Elise Brianne Curtin

On the forest trail By Elise Brianne Curtin a space of solitude, where essence of spruce, piñon, juniper seeps into…