A new film from Patagonia Films and executive producers Robert Redford and Yvon Chouinard explores our planet’s climate and extinction crises and chronicles some of the ongoing battles to permanently protect public lands in the United States. Watch the film in its entirety here! A description of the film from Patagonia’s website: As an extinction … Public Trust Feature Film: The Fight for America’s Public Lands
By Axie Navas, Director, New Mexico Outdoor Recreation Division Santa Fe New Mexican | November 21, 2020 As the COVID-19 health emergency intensifies, the Outdoor Recreation Division, within the Economic Development Department, continues to look ahead for opportunities to help the New Mexican economy recover and become more resilient. We know the state’s burgeoning outdoor … Clean, protected waters will help New Mexico recover
At New Mexico Wild, we believe that wolves belong so it is troubling to learn that the outgoing Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt has issued a ruling to strip protections from gray wolves in all 48 lower states. While the order doesn’t apply to the Mexican gray wolf subspecies found in New Mexico, the … Calling All Artists: Enter the 2021 Wolf Stamp Contest
**New Mexico Outdoor Recreation Press Release** SANTA FE, N.M. – Water related outdoor recreation in New Mexico’s Gila River and San Francisco River watersheds stimulates economic activity that supports at least 3,900 jobs in New Mexico, providing $92.4 million of income, according to a new study conducted by Southwick and Associates and commissioned by The … New Study Finds Wild Gila and San Francisco Rivers Greatly Contribute to Local Economy
By Kendra Chamberlain New Mexico Political Report | November 12, 2020 The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee removed language from a FY2021 budget bill for the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) that would ensure the ten mile buffer zone around Chaco Canyon remains in place for another year. In late 2019, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and … Senate Appropriations Committee removes Chaco protections from DOI bill
Appropriations legislation introduced by Senate Republicans today to fund the United States Department of the Interior for fiscal year 2021 conspicuously excludes rider language intended to protect the Greater Chaco region from increased oil and gas drilling. In the fall of 2019, New Mexico Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich successfully attached a rider to … New Mexico Wild Statement on Removal of Chaco Protection Language from Senate Appropriations Bill
