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April 8, 2025

Press Release: Local Community Celebrates Reintroduction of Pecos Watershed Protection Act Amid Federal Rollback of Protections

A two-year pause on new mining claims was secured at the end of 2024 for the Upper Pecos watershed, safeguarding…

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April 3, 2025

Press Statement: New Mexico Wild Sounds Alarm on Dangerous Public Lands Sell-Off Plan in Congress

New Mexico Wild Sounds Alarm on Dangerous Public Lands Sell-Off Plan in Congress FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Mark Allison, Executive…

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March 31, 2025

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…

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March 31, 2025

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…

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March 31, 2025

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…

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March 31, 2025

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,…

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March 26, 2025

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…

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March 25, 2025

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…

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March 21, 2025

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…

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March 21, 2025

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.…

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March 21, 2025

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…

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March 20, 2025

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…

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