The United States Air Force has released an alarming proposal to dramatically increase military combat training above the Gila. The proposal, which would also affect
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Outstanding National Resource Waters: New Mexico Wild Submits Comment In Support of Nomination
Outstanding National Resource Waters (ONRWs) are a crucial designation for protecting water quality in New Mexico. This classification, part of the state’s Surface Water Quality
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Trailblazing Tastes: A Wilderness Ranger’s Guide to Better Backcountry Meals
By Anne Dios, Wilderness Ranger If you have grown tired of the foods you bring with you into the New Mexican wilderness, you are not
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Tracking River Health: Citizen Scientists Support Study of Aquatic Insects in the Wild and Scenic Rio Chama
Four years of water and aquatic insect sampling coordinated by New Mexico Wild along the 24.6-mile Wild and Scenic stretch of the Rio Chama has
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Where Are You….Really?
By Randy Crutcher Where are you? Not GPS coordinates, not Google Earth, not AP number, not county, not zone, not subdivision or development, not city,
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Rediscovering Our Wild Munchies Backcountry Cookbook!
Editor’s Note: This blog post was originally published in 2021, but we think it deserves a dust-off this summer! Isa Nellos was the first awardee of
Read MoreRichard Eeds Show Discusses Controversial Grasshopper Spraying Proposal With New Mexico Wild’s Sally Paez and Garrett VeneKlasen
Tune in to the June 13th, 2024 episode of the Richard Eeds Show to hear Garrett VeneKlasen and Sally Paez from New Mexico Wild discuss
Read MoreOp-Ed: Policies That Intentionally Destroy Land, Water and Wildlife Have No Place in Today’s World
By Garrett Veneklasen A proposal to aerially apply pesticides to kill native grasshoppers on federal public lands in the Rio Chama Watershed has sparked significant
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Celebrating One Year of Protection for Greater Chaco Landscape
Contact: Mark Allison, mark@nmwild.org, 505-239-0906 Mark Allison, Executive Director of New Mexico Wild, has issued the following statement on the first anniversary of the Department
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Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Gila Wilderness
By Mark Allison, Executive Director Ten years ago, New Mexico Wild was proud to welcome over 1,100 people from across the country to Albuquerque to
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