Month: May 2020

By Adrian Gomez | Albuquerque Journal May 28, 2020 Stay-at-home orders have been in place since mid-March. New Mexico is home to world-class trails and hiking areas. As the weather is getting warmer and the eventual easing of said stay-at-home orders, the United States Department of Agriculture announced new fire restrictions last week for Carson, … New fire restrictions are in place for three New Mexico forests; New Mexico Wild launches online hiking guide

Adrian Hedden | Carlsbad Current-Argus May 22, 2020 As New Mexico begins easing travel restrictions and stay-at-home orders implemented to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, hikers throughout the state began preparing to get back on the trails. New Mexico is known for its miles and acres of outdoor recreation spaces from cultural locales in Chaco Canyon … Get back out there: New Mexico trails to hike as COVID-19 restrictions lifted

By Santa Fe New Mexican Editorial Board May 18, 2020 If anyone ever questioned how important public lands are to the physical and mental health of New Mexicans, the recent pandemic has removed all doubt. For people having to isolate themselves because of COVID-19, unable to go to work or socialize, getting outdoors into nature … Santa Fe New Mexican: ‘Wild’ designation will protect the Gila

Guide features filtered searches and downloadable trail maps ALBUQUERQUE (May 20, 2020) – In anticipation of an eventual easing of stay-at-home instructions, New Mexico Wild has launched an online Hiking Guide featuring descriptions of over 100 trails, at least one in each Wilderness area in the state. The New Mexico Wild Hiking Guide is the … New Mexico Wild launches new online Hiking Guide featuring over 100 trails in New Mexico Wilderness

By Kendra Chamberlain | New Mexico Political Report May 13, 2020 U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich introduced legislation Tuesday that would designate portions of the Gila River as Wild and Scenic, after a “years-long” effort to protect what’s known as one of the country’s last wild rivers. The M.H. Dutch Salmon Greater Gila … Udall, Heinrich introduce long-awaited legislation to protect portions of the Gila River

By Kendra Chamberlain | New Mexico Political Report May 15, 2020 The Donald Trump administration only finalized its new clean water rule a few days ago and the regulation is already being challenged in federal court by ranchers, conservation groups and state governments. The conservation-focused New Mexico Wilderness Alliance joined a coalition of conservation groups … Ranchers, conservation groups unhappy with the new clean water rule, but for different reasons

  By Jeremy P. Jacobs | E&E News April 29, 2020 Environmental groups launched their legal assault on the Trump administration’s Clean Water Act rule today, filing a lawsuit that claims it would have “devastating consequences on water quality across the country.” The groups are challenging EPA’s Navigable Waters Protection Rule. Finalized last week, it … Enviros sue to stop ‘unreasonably narrow’ Trump wetland rule – E&E News

By Scott Wyland | Santa Fe New Mexican May 12, 2020 The most environmentally sensitive portions of New Mexico’s Gila River watershed would be protected under a bill the state’s two U.S. senators introduced Tuesday. Parts of the Gila River, its wilderness area and the San Francisco River tributary would be placed under the Wild … New Mexico’s U.S. senators propose Gila River protections

Senators Udall, Heinrich introduce bill with broad support from southwestern New Mexicans ALBUQUERQUE (May 12, 2020) – New Mexico Wild is celebrating legislation introduced by U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich to protect the Gila, San Francisco and East Fork of the Mimbres Rivers under the Wild and Scenic Act. The M.H. Dutch Salmon … New Mexico Wild celebrates new legislation to protect Gila, San Francisco rivers as Wild and Scenic

By Congreswoman Deb Haaland Albuquerque Journal | May 10, 2020 In the midst of the current public health and economic crisis, President Trump’s Department of the Interior recklessly moved ahead with plans to open up the area surrounding Chaco Canyon to oil and gas drilling. When the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) first proposed its … BLM silences voices during pandemic – Congresswoman Deb Haaland