Month: August 2021

New Mexico Wild Executive Director Mark Allison issued the following statement today in response to Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham issuing an executive order that commits the state to protecting 30% of its lands and waterways by the year 2030, joining a national movement known as the 30×30 climate resolution. “The dire effects of an increasingly … New Mexico Wild applauds governor’s executive order committing state to 30×30 climate resolution

  By Scott Wyland | Santa Fe New Mexican August 25, 2021 Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed an executive order Wednesday that calls for 30 percent of New Mexico’s public lands to be protected by 2030, putting the state in line with a larger federal conservation effort. The order directs a half-dozen state agencies to coalesce … New Mexico governor signs order to preserve 30 percent of public lands

By Hannah Grover | New Mexico Political Report August 25, 2021 Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed an executive order Wednesday that aims to set aside 30 percent of the state’s lands and waters by 2030 for conservation and another 20 percent for climate stabilization. This comes amid President Joe Biden’s America is Beautiful Initiative, which aims … Governor signs 30×30 executive order

By Hannah Grover | New Mexico Political Report August 25, 2021 Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed an executive order Wednesday that aims to set aside 30 percent of the state’s lands and waters by 2030 for conservation and another 20 percent for climate stabilization. This comes amid President Joe Biden’s America is Beautiful Initiative, which aims … Governor signs 30×30 executive order

By Garrett VeneKlasen, Northern Conservation Director Albuquerque Journal | August 22, 2021 On Aug. 12, the New Mexico Game Commission voted unanimously to deny all five applications from landowners seeking state certifications declaring that rivers flowing across their private lands are non-navigable and therefore closed to the public. Jeremy Vesbach, vice chairman of the commission, … Decision preserves your access to waterways

New Mexico Wild today is commending Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham for making three appointments to the Natural Lands Protection Act (NLPA) Committee in the Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources Department, filling roles that had been vacant since the administration of Bill Richardson. The three individuals appointed today are: Kim Barmann, Vicente Fernandez and Cheryl Goodloe. … New Mexico Wild and partners commend Governor Lujan Grisham for appointments to key conservation body

By Adrian Hedden | Carlsbad Current Argus August 3, 2021 Renewable energy sectors could bring a multi-billion-dollar boost to New Mexico’s economy along with thousands of jobs, per a recent study, if supported by federal stimulus money. Advanced Energy Economy, a national renewable energy trade association, estimated in a report released Friday that federal stimulus investments of $20 … Federal stimulus could boost New Mexico renewable energy, create jobs, study says