By T.S. Last | Albuquerque Journal April 29, 2021 In what would be the largest land donation to a designated wilderness area in U.S. history, The Trust for Public Land is offering the Bureau of Land Management nearly 10,000 acres as an addition to the Sabinoso Wilderness in San Miguel County. The donation of an area … Donation would boost size of Sabinoso Wilderness by 50%
Artists 18 and older are invited to submit 3 pieces of original fine art for inclusion in the 2021 Gila Wild and Scenic Art Show in conjunction with this year’s Latino Conservation Week. We are also asking for snapshots of family adventures out in the wild that will be made into a slide show. Work … Calling All Artists for 2021 Wild and Scenic Art Show!
New Mexico Wild has issued the following statement regarding the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s decision to cancel oil and gas lease sales for the 2nd quarter of Fiscal Year 2021. “Any talk that cancelling these lease sales is going to devastate the industry further is more smoke and mirrors. The Trump administration sold out … New Mexico Wild statement on Biden administration cancelling 2nd quarter oil and gas lease sales
New Mexico’s rivers have been slowly drying up in a drought that has now seized much of the state and halted most farming for the middle Rio Grande Valley. Now one of the state’s rivers faces a new threat: mining. According to a new report by the environmental advocacy organization American Rivers, the Pecos River … Protecting the Pecos River
By Mark Allison, Executive Director of New Mexico Wild Las Cruces Sun-News | April 18, 2021 David Soules was one of the kindest, most generous people you could ever meet. He had an easy laugh and an infectious boyish enthusiasm, particularly evident when talking about or experiencing southern New Mexico’s public lands and the Chihuahuan … A tribute to David Soules: A man of the land
New Mexico Wild is celebrating the reintroduction of legislation to establish the 13,103-acre Cerro de la Olla Wilderness within the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument. The legislation is sponsored by Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez. “Humans have visited Cerro de la Olla for thousands of years. Today, New Mexicans and others visit this rugged mountain … New Mexico Wild celebrates reintroduction of bill to establish Cerro de la Olla Wilderness by Rep. Leger Fernandez
By Victoria Traxler | Santa Fe New Mexican April 14, 2021 American Rivers, a Washington, D.C.-based conservation organization, ranked the Pecos River No. 5 in its new report on the nation’s most endangered waterways — largely due to the threat of a potential new mining operation. With a rich cultural history and heavy influence on local … Pecos River labeled among most endangered waterways due to potential mining
New Mexico Wild Executive Director Mark Allison issued the following statement on the inclusion of the Pecos River in American Rivers’ annual Most Endangered Rivers report: “The Upper Pecos River Watershed is far richer for its cultural, historical, habitat and recreational values than it is for any potential mineral development. The river’s presence on the … New Mexico Wild statement on Pecos River being named one of the nation’s most endangered
Community leaders and nonprofit organizations are applauding New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham for signing House Bill 200 into law today. The legislation, which was co-sponsored by Reps. Matthew McQueen and Nathan Small and Senate President Pro Tempore Mimi Stewart and Sen. Siah Correa Hemphill, ends the proposed Gila diversion project and fast-tracks the spending … Governor Lujan Grisham Signs Legislation to End Proposed Gila Diversion Into Law
