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
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Richard 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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Action Alert: Weigh In on the future of Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument!
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is currently developing a new Resource Management Plan that will guide how OMDP is managed and protected for decades
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Celebrating the Gila Wilderness Centennial
This year, we celebrate the centennial of the Gila Wilderness—the 100th anniversary of its initial administrative designation by the U.S. Forest Service. In the early
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Saddle Up for Wilderness
By Devon Naples The Wilderness Act limits access to Wilderness areas to feet and hooves only. Graciously, no wheels are allowed. If you’ve ever explored
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New Mexico’s Waters One Year After Sackett
By Tricia Snyder, New Mexico Wild Rivers and Waters Program Director Nearly every day I take my dog, Mardy, for a stroll in the Bosque—the
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