Are Migratory Birds at Risk?
By Stephen Capra
The big news these days is the fear of Avian flu. President Bush has earmarked billions of dollars to make sure America is protected. Though a virulent form of the flu has yet to be found in the Western Hemisphere, some Americas are already panicking. Some people are no [...]

Restoring the Real Wild- Grizzly Bears in New Mexico, Past, Present and Future
By Stephen Capra
Perhaps no other animal better symbolizes true wilderness than Ursus arctos -the grizzly bear. From the time of Lewis and Clark, man has used muskets, rifles, roads, axes, traps, chain saws, fences and the bulldozer to tame the wilderness that was [...]

Mexican Gray Wolf Fact Sheet
Article: Can We Save The Wolf?
Wolf Population Charts – 2008
University of New Mexico Student Government Resolution
Sample Letter to the Governor
Take Action
Multimedia
Student Film on Saving the Lobo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q50M_yl52tY
Further Reading
Journal of Wildlife Management:
The Effects of Breeder Loss on Wolves
UNM Health Sciences Center:
Animal Caused Fatalities in New Mexico
Article:
Wolves, Jaguars & Polar Bears – Oh My!

Issue: Antelope Killed by New Mexico Rancher
Issue: Last Chance for the Lobo?
 
 
Jennings Law Used as a Tool to Extort Public Subsidies 
By Jeremy Vesbach
This spring, rancher Neal Trujillo used an ATV and a shotgun to chase down and kill or maim 39 pronghorn antelope on his newly acquired property near Cimarron. The local media gained access [...]

Victory! Sabinoso became Wilderness on March 24, 2009 when President Obama signed into law the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act of 2009.
Area DescriptionRising 1,110 feet from the surrounding plains, the Sabinoso unit sits upon the Canadian Escarpment, which is composed mostly of the Jurassic Morrison Formation and Triassic Chinle Shale. Cretaceous Dakota Sandstone caps these [...]

By | The Associated Press
1/14/2008 -
Gov. Bill Richardson and Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Secretary Joanna Prukop said Monday that an environmental assessment done by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management on an application for a permit to drill on Otero Mesa is insufficient.
The state is calling on the BLM to do a full environmental [...]

Las Cruces Sun-News
EDITORIAL
Sunday, March 23, 2008
In May of last year, this newspaper took an editorial stand in support of a federal wilderness designation for some of the most pristine and picturesque areas of our county — most now designated as wilderness study areas.
Much has happened since then, including the creation of a new group calling [...]

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press Writer
09/26/2008
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—A Roswell company learned Friday that it’s one step closer to being able to drill an exploratory natural gas well on southern New Mexico’s Otero Mesa, but critics are crying foul.
The Bureau of Land Management has approved a final environmental assessment of plans by the Harvey E. Yates [...]

This hike will highlight the importance of Wilderness as a reservoir of complexity and diversity. The purpose of this hike is to traverse the arroyos and trails while discussing the importance of medicinal plants in our natural world and to human health. We’ll meet late afternoon, at one of the trailheads just off Tramway Boulevard [...]

THE PLACE: The Valle Vidal is a place of unusual beauty, some say New Mexico’s Yellowstone. Clear flowing streams flowing through high mountain meadows. This a place that has abundant Wildlife,  New Mexico’s largest elk herd makes it home here as well as abundant Rio Grande cutthroat trout.
 
THE PROJECT: At the 2008 project, the [...]