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December 17, 2024

Caja del Rio Coalition Delivers Groundswell of Public Support Calling on President Joe Biden to Designate Caja del Rio National Monument

The Caja del Rio coalition has unveiled a letter of support signed by 25 Indigenous, Hispano, government, business, grazing permittee,…

December 8, 2024

New Mexico Wild Names Ernie Atencio as 2024 Esther García Conservation Champion Award Recipient

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 6, 2024 Contact: Mark Allison, Executive Director, mark@nmwild.org, 505-239-0906 SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico Wild…

December 4, 2024

New Mexico Wild Condemns Proposed Use of Luna County Taxpayer Funds to Support Public Land Grab

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 4, 2024 Contacts: Bjorn Fredrickson, Conservation Director, bjorn@nmwild.org, 206-372-5608 Mark Allison, Executive Director, mark@nmwild.org, 505-239-0906 DEMING,…

November 13, 2024

Ready for What’s Ahead: A Message from Executive Director Mark Allison

For over twenty-five years, New Mexico Wild has been a proven leader in defending the Land of Enchantment’s irreplaceable wilderness,…

November 13, 2024

Conservation Group Comments Slam Air Force Combat Training Proposal

Communities across New Mexico and Arizona are pushing back as thousands speak out against the Air Force’s proposal for low-flying…

October 31, 2024

Tools of Wilderness: The Art and Necessity of Crosscut Saws

By Anne Dios, Wilderness Ranger Fallen trees, or deadfall, on a trail have a way of slowing me down, and…

October 31, 2024

New Mexico Wild Files Formal Objection to LANL Power Line Project

Despite overwhelming opposition from Tribes and local communities, federal agencies have approved a 14-mile transmission line across the sacred Caja…

October 30, 2024

New Mexico Wild Protests Río Grande del Norte Monument Plan

New Mexico Wild, along with American Rivers, The Wilderness Society, Conservation Lands Foundation, Amigos Bravos, and Sierra Club, has filed…

October 29, 2024

Living from Hydrologic Paycheck to Paycheck in the Middle Rio Grande

By Aidan Manning, Rivers and Waters Program Associate On September 11th of this year, the Middle Rio Grande Conservation District…

October 10, 2024

New Mexico Wild Files Objection to Gila National Forest Land Management Plan

New Mexico Wild, along with partner organizations filed an objection with the U.S. Forest Service regarding the final revised Land…

September 25, 2024

Uniting to Protect the Pecos Watershed: A Collaborative Effort to Preserve the Waters of the Pecos River

The Stop Tererro Mine Coalition has joined forces with Hispanics Enjoying Camping, Hunting, and the Outdoors (HECHO), working in unison…