Advisory Council

Randall Gray, Lake Valley, NM

Randy retired from the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service as their Chief Wildlife Biologist in Washington, DC. He also serves on boards for the Wild Farm Alliance, North American Grouse Partnership and is on the private lands committee for the North American Bird Conservation Initiative. Randy believes large un-fragmented landscapes are critical to the long term conservation of biological diversity.

Jim Baca, Albuquerque, NM

Jim is the former two-term mayor of the City of Albuquerque and is one of the founding members of the New Mexico Wilderness Alliance.

David Parsons, Albuquerque, NM

Dave is a wildlife biologist and is retired from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, where he led the recovery effort for the endangered Mexican wolf. He continues to pursue his interests in the conservation of large carnivores and wild nature in many ways. Dave is a steering committee member of the Southern Rockies Wolf Restoration Project and the Grand Canyon Wolf Recovery Project, and he is a stakeholder member of the Southwestern Gray Wolf Recovery Team. He is the vice-chairman and a science fellow of The Rewilding Institute—a conservation think tank dedicated to the conservation of biological diversity and ecological integrity on a continental scale. Dave also serves as the chair for NMWA’s Finance Committee and believes that wilderness designation and preservation are keys to the conservation of ecologically effective wildlands and wild nature.